Total synthesis of octalactin A via ring-closing metathesis reaction

Autor: Youngmee Jeong, Nagaaki Sato, Keith R. Buszek
Rok vydání: 2002
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Zdroj: Tetrahedron Letters. 43:181-184
ISSN: 0040-4039
DOI: 10.1016/s0040-4039(01)02078-0
Popis: A new total synthesis of the novel lactone natural product octalactin A is described. The key step involves the facile construction of the eight-membered lactone core via ring-closing metathesis (RCM). This oxocene was elaborated to give the powerful antitumor agent octalactin A.
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