Beilstein J. Org. Chem.2011,7, 222–233, doi:10.3762/bjoc.7.30
was converted in several cyclization steps to the diol 51. Oxidation and condensation of the resulting ketoaldehyde then provided the mono ketone 52, which was photochemically ring-closed to the secododecahedrene 53. After diimine hydrogenation to 54 only one C–C bond in the nearly completed sphere
PDF
Graphical Abstract
Figure 1:
Molecular analogues of the Platonic solids.