Total Synthesis of Viridin and Viridiol

The asymmetric total synthesis of (−)-viridin and (−)-viridiol, antifungal metabolites, was achieved in 17 and 18 steps from a commercially available starting material. An intra­molecular [3+2] cycloaddition was applied to an easily available l-ribose derivative in order to construct the highly substituted D ring containing the key chiral cis-triol fragment. Co-catalyzed metal-hydride H atom transfer (MHAT) radical cyclization was utilized to form the C-ring and the all-carbon quaternary center at C-10. This convergent strategy provides a scalable approach to prepare viridin and viridiol for biological studies.