Tetrahedron

The singlet oxygen conversion of oxazoles to triamides. Application in the synthesis of (±)-pyrenolide C. assignment of stereochemistry.

HH Wasserman, KS Prowse

Index: Wasserman, Harry H.; Prowse, K. Spencer Tetrahedron, 1992 , vol. 48, # 38 p. 8199 - 8212

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Abstract

Pyrenolide C has been synthesized for the first time using an oxazole template to construct the framework of the ten-membered unsaturated lactone system. The stereochemical assignment of the allylic alcohol substituent, based on the mode of synthesis, has been confirmed by NMR studies.