文摘
A full account of our efforts toward an asymmetric synthesis of crisamicin A are presented. The key steps include a Hauser鈥揔raus annulation of a cyanophthalide with a chiral enone-lactone, a stereoselective cyclization鈥搑eduction to install the pyran unit, and a Suzuki homocoupling to forge the key biaryl bond. This work has culminated in the asymmetric synthesis of a dimer bearing the complete carbon skeleton of the dimeric pyranonaphthoquinone natural product crisamicin A.