Diels-Alder Reaction and Its Application in the Total Synthesis of Diterpenes

1 Diels-Alder Reaction and Its Application in the Total Synthesis of Diterpenes 

X = electron-donating group endo transition state Z = electron-withdrawing group 

Since its discovery by Otto Diels and Kurt Alder in 1928, this pericyclic reaction is probably the most powerful and 

Other interesting diterpenes such as pseudopterosins A-L have been isolated from the same organism [28]. All of these 

SCHEME 8.10 Total synthesis of pseudopterosin (G-J) aglycon by Sherburn et al. [30]. 

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