Abstract:Among the natural tetramic acids with a decalinoyl part, signermycin B is unique because it contains a cis‐decalin. In this paper, we demonstrate that the cis‐decalin section of signermycin B can be accessed by an anionic oxy‐Cope rearrangement. The substrate, a tricyclic dienol was prepared by an intramolecular Diels‐Alder reaction of a masked ortho‐benzoquinone, generated by oxidation of an α‐methoxyphenol in presence of cis‐2‐hexenol. After a superfluous bromine on the cycloadduct was removed, reaction of t… Show more
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