Other Methods for Carbocyclic Construction: Piperarborenine B (Antonchick), Nakafuran-8 (Houk/Li), Cochlearol B (Sugita), Talatisamine (Reisman), Berkeleyone A (Li), Prostratin (Inoue)
Piperarborenine B (3), isolated from the stem of Piper arborescens, shows significant and selective antineoplastic activity. 2-(4,4-Difluorocyclohexyl)acetic acid site Andrey P. Antonchick of Nottingham Trent University constructed the cyclobutane core…