Cycloadditions Developing efficient and general strategies for construction of ske
letally comp
lex and diverse polycyclic ske
letons in natural products is important and chal
lenging in organic synthesis. In their Communication on
page 1231 ff., Z.
Wang and co-workers demonstrate a [4+3]IMPC (intramo
lecular paral
lel cycloaddition) of cyclopropane 1,1-diesters with [3]dendra
lenes. With a combination of the [4+3]IMPC and subsequent [4+
n] cycloadditions, bridged
trans-[5.3.0]decane ske
leton and its corresponding structurally comp
lex and diverse polycyclic ones are constructed efficiently. This strategy is believed to be of potential importance to natural product synthesis and drug discovery.