R. Stammler et al., SYNTHETIC APPROACH TO APHIDICOLAN AND STEMODAN BASIC SKELETONS USING A TANDEM PRINCIPLE [2+2+2] AND [4+2] CYCLOADDITION REACTIONS, Tetrahedron letters, 35(3), 1994, pp. 417-420
A strategy based upon the ''Tandem Principle'' : coupling of the cobal
t catalyzed [2 + 2 + 2] cycloaddition and an intramolecular [4 + 2] Di
els-Alder reaction allowed the formation of the stemodan skeleton in 1
1 high yield steps starring from C-ethoxycarbonyl cyclohexanone.