The polycyclic ring system which forms the nucleus of a series of sesquiterpene-phenol natural products, including the antimalarial 15-oxopuupehenol, can be constructed in racemic form in four efficient steps, the last of these being a stereoselective manganese(III) acetate-mediated radical cyclisation reaction.
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