Hongdong Hao
Department Chemie und Biochemie, Ludwig-Maximilians- Universität München
Caribenols A and B, both are norditerpenoids isolated from Pseudopterogorgia elisabethae. are active against Mycobacterium tuberculosis H37Rv (61% and 94% growth inhibition at 64 -128 g/mL), have a potential to be a lead drug for anti-tuberculosis, their structure feature also caused interest by the synthetic community.
In the first part of this report, a detail synthetic study toward Caribenol A was reported including several failed route. We also give a introduction of synthetic work on Caribenol B.
In the second part, we will tell a story about how to achieve the synthesis of Artemisinin based on a very simple concept.