Going (anti)viral: The first total synthesis of the antiviral (+)-schisanwilsonene?A has been completed using a fully stereoselective tandem cyclization/1,5-migration/intermolecular cyclopropanation. The key reaction sequence is catalyzed by gold.
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Going (anti)viral: The first total synthesis of the antiviral (+)-schisanwilsonene?A has been completed using a fully stereoselective tandem cyclization/1,5-migration/intermolecular cyclopropanation. The key reaction sequence is catalyzed by gold.