Department of Applied Biological Chemistry, Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences, The University of Tokyo
Hidenori WATANABE
Department of Applied Biological Chemistry, Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences, The University of Tokyo
Takeshi KITAHARA
Department of Applied Biological Chemistry, Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences, The University of Tokyo Laboratory of Natural Product Chemistry, Center for Basic Research, The Kitasato Institute
Sauriols A and B belong to a class of diarylbutane-lignans and exhibit antifeedant activity. We succeeded in the first synthesis of sauriols A and B by using a simple and efficient asymmetric dimerization of a cinnamic acid derivative as the key step.
