An enantioselective total synthesis of the natural (+)-linoxepin (1) was accomplished in eleven steps from bromovanin (24). Key steps are a domino carbopalladation/ Mizoroki-Heck reaction with the formation of a pentacyclic system, an asymmetric hydroboration as well as an oxidative lactonization.
Keywords: asymmetric hydroboration; carbopalladation; lignans; natural products; total synthesis.
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