| Abstract: | The angular triquinane (?)-silphiperfol-6-en-5-on ((?)- 14 ) has been synthesized for the first time time in enantiomerically pure form. A highly efficient triplet-sensitized photoreaction, the oxadi-π-methane rearrangement of the complex β,γ-enone(+)- 6 to (?)- 7 , constitutes the key step. The know staring material, (1R, 7aR)-3,6,7,7a-tetrahydro-1-hydroxy-7a-methyl-1H-inden-5(2H)-one ((?)- 2 ), is readily accessible in > 97% enantiomeric purity. This new approach should enable access also to other angularly fused triquinanes of the silphinene type and related structures. |
