Total Synthesis of (±)-syn-Copalol

Abstract
The labdane diterpene derivative, syn-copalol [(+)-5] is the alcohol part of syn-copalyl diphosphate [(+)-4]. In this paper, racemic (+/-)-5 was synthesized from a known racemic lactone in 8 steps. The current and our previous syntheses provide all four copalol derivatives [(+)-3, (-)-3 and (+/-)-5] which are required for the biosynthetic study of polycyclic diterpenes.

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