The Application of Dioxygenase-Based Chemoenzymatic Processes to the Total Synthesis of Natural Products

This Minireview describes the exploitation of certain enzymatically derived, readily accessible, and enantiomerically pure cis-1,2-dihydrocatechols as starting materials in the chemical synthesis of a range of biologically active natural products, most notably sesquiterpenoids and alkaloids.

Total Synthesis of the Cyclic Carbonate-Containing Natural Product Aspergillusol B from d-(-)-Tartaric Acid

A total synthesis of compound 3 from d-(-)-tartaric acid is reported, thereby establishing that the structure, including relative stereochemistry, originally assigned to the cyclic carbonate-containing natural product aspergillusol B is correct.