Total Syntheses of 7,20-Oxa-Bridged Dinorditerpenes: Antihepatitis C Virus Active (+)-Elevenol from Flueggea virosa and (+)-Przewalskin

An efficient stereoselective synthetic approach to 7-20 oxa-bridged abietane type natural products is reported. Key steps are an asymmetric Mukaiyama aldol addition to construct the C3 stereocenter and an intramolecular organo-catalyzed Stetter-type Michael addition followed by a Tishchenko reaction. An intramolecular lactone-enolate arylation delivers the tetracyclic skeleton. This synthetic strategy was applied for the first total synthesis of (+)-elevenol, an antihepatitis C active compound from Fluegga virosa, and the first total synthesis of (+)-przewalskin.