Unified enantioselective total synthesis of 3,6-dioxygenated diketopiperazine natural products, diatretol and lepistamides A, B and C

Abstract The concise enantioselective total synthesis of Diatretol (1) has been achieved via 9 steps with 30％ yield. The synthetic approach involves stereoselective oxidation and regioselective transacetalization utilizing a folded conformation induced by an intramolecular CH/π interaction. In addition, we have also achieved total synthesis of three diketopiperazine natural products, Lepistamides A (2), B (3) and C (4).