Synthesis of (±)-Allocyathin B2 and (+)-Erinacine A

(±)-Allocyathin B 2 ( 2 ) and (+)-erinacine A ( 4 ), the 1-β- d -xyloside of (+)-allocyathin B 2, the first cyathin diterpenes to be prepared, have been synthesized using a carbonyl ene reaction of 14a to construct an appropriately functionalized seven-membered ring and palladium-catalyzed carbonylation of dienyl triflates 10 and 39 as key steps. The entire cyathin carbon skeleton is constructed in seven steps, and allocyathin B 2 is synthesized in only 17 steps (>5% overall yield) from readily available enone 9 .