Front Cover: First Total Synthesis of Inaoside A (Asian J. Org. Chem. 12/2024)

Graphical Abstract

In article number e202400547, Tomoya Takao, Atsushi Kawamura, and Hidefumi Makabe accomplished the first total synthesis of inaoside A, isolated from the edible mushroom Laetiporus cremeiporus, using α-selective Schmidt glycosylation of the easily prepared 2,3,5-tri-TBS-protected ribofuranosyl trichloroacetimidate as a key step. In this cover picture, the creatures of L. cremeiours are trying to build inaoside by guiding the aglycon to the α-face of the ribose derivative.