Total synthesis of (+)-oridamycins A and B

Chem. Commun., 2024, 60,9737-9740 DOI: 10.1039/D4CC03070B, Communication Ranjit Murmu, Sourav Kundu, Moumita Majhi, Souvik Pal, Abhishek Mondal, Alakesh Bisai A unified strategy to oridamycins A (2a) and B (2b), possessing a complex 6/6/6/5/6-fused pentacyclic skeleton, has been disclosed. This represents the first asymmetric approach to oridamycin B (2b).