Bon, David J.-Y. DBanwell, MartinWard, JamesWillis, Anthony2015-12-100040-4020http://hdl.handle.net/1885/69939The enantiomerically pure cis-1,2-dihydrocatechol 6, which is readily obtained via the whole-cell biotransformation of toluene, has been converted into the linear triquinane 3 using a reaction sequence involving Diels-Alder cycloaddition and oxa-di-π-metKeywords: 1,2 dihydrocatechol; coriolin; hypnophilin; methane; natural product; sesquiterpenoid; toluene; triquinane derivative; unclassified drug; article; chemical reaction; chirality; cycloaddition; Diels Alder reaction; drug structure; drug synthesis; drug tran (-)-Coriolin; (-)-Hypnophilin; Diels-Alder; Oxa-di-p-methane rearrangement; Sesquiterpenes; Triquinanes201310.1016/j.tet.2012.11.0692016-02-24