Authors: Huw M. L. Davies, Abbas M. Walji
Angew. Chem. Int. Ed.
2005, 44, 11, 1733-1735
The combined approach of C–H activation and a Cope rearrangement catalyzed by a rhodium catalyst [Rh2(R-dosp)4] (dosp=(N-dodecylbenzenesulfonyl)prolinate) is shown to be a very effective method for the construction of the three stereogenic centers (marked in red, see scheme) present in the diterpene erogorgiaene (1).