Department of Chemistry, University of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15260, USA. pwipf+@pitt.edu
Organic letters 2002 May 16reaction: see text] The convergent synthesis of the fully functionalized C(1)-C(18) segment 24 of the furanocembranes lophotoxin and pukalide was accomplished in 11 steps and 10% overall yield. The key step was a stereoselective conversion of alkynoate 21 to trimethylsilyl 2-alkenylfuran 22.
Peter Wipf, Michael J Soth. Synthesis of the C(1)-C(18) segment of lophotoxin and pukalide. Control of 2-alkenylfuran (E/Z)-configuration. Organic letters. 2002 May 16;4(10):1787-90
PMID: 12000299
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