Going (anti)viral: The first total synthesis of the antiviral (+)-schisanwilsonene?A has been completed using a fully stereoselective tandem cyclization/1,5-migration/intermolecular cyclopropanation. The key reaction sequence is catalyzed by gold.
Synthesis of (+)-Schisanwilsonene A by Tandem Gold-Catalyzed Cyclization/1,5-Migration/Cyclopropanation
Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2013, 52, 6396-6399.