Synthesis of -Onoceradiene-like Terpene Dimers by Intermolecular Metathesis Process

Abstract

New a-onoceradiene analogues having a terpene homodimer skeleton are accessible from Weinreb’s amide 2 derived from commercial (R)- (+)-sclareolide using an intermolecular metathesis reaction as the key step to build the linker joining both terpene moieties.