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An unusually simple route to 4-demethoxy-7-deoxydaunomycinone

MV Lakshmikantham, K Ravichandran, DJ Gosciniak…

Index: Lakshmikantham; Ravichandran; Gosciniak; Cava Tetrahedron Letters, 1985 , vol. 26, # 39 p. 4703 - 4706

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Download full text in PDF Opens in a new window. Article suggestions will be shown in a dialog on return to ScienceDirect. ... Please enable JavaScript to use all the features on this page. ... 4-Demethoxy-7,9-dideoxy-9-bromodaunomycinone reacts rapidly with cold dilute sodium hydroxide to give, in high yield, 4-demethoxy-7-deoxydaunomycinone. Evidence is presented in support of a transient enol epoxide intermediate in this unexpected reaction.