Nature prepares diverse terpene architectures in a three-step process starting from isoprene building blocks. A new three-step synthetic procedure is introduced to prepare terpenes starting from readily available phenols. Similarly to those used in nature, this pathway provides reliable and efficient access to diverse and complex terpene architectures.
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This is a summary of: Salahi, F. et al. The synthesis of diverse terpene architectures from phenols. Nat. Synth. https://doi.org/10.1038/s44160-022-00051-2 (2022).
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Synthesizing complex and diverse terpenes from simple phenols. Nat. Synth 1, 271–272 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1038/s44160-022-00047-y
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