Pinkerton, DavidBanwell, MartinWillis, Anthony2015-12-071523-7060http://hdl.handle.net/1885/17924The enantiomerically pure and readily available metabolites 10-12 have been converted over four simple steps Into the epoxyquinol derivatives 22-24, respectively. Compounds 23 and 24 or their Immediate precursors have been exploited In efficient total syntheses of (-)-bromoxone (ent-1), (-)-epiepoformin (ent-2), (-)-harveynone (4), (+)-panepophenanthrin (6), and (+)-hexacyclinol (9).Keywords: bromoxone; cyclohexene derivative; epiepoformin; epoxide; fused heterocyclic rings; harveynone; hexacyclinol; hydroquinone derivative; panepophenanthrin; phenanthrene derivative; polycyclic hydrocarbon; article; chemistry; conformation; stereoisomerism; s200910.1021/ol90166572016-02-24