Organic Letters 2002-06-13

Stereocontrolled total synthesis of (-)-ebelactone A.

Amit K Mandal

Index: Org. Lett. 4(12) , 2043-5, (2002)

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Abstract

[structure: see text] The highly stereocontrolled hydroboration of an alkene, a subsequent Suzuki-Miyaura cross-coupling reaction, a silylcupration on a nonterminal acetylene, and an iododesilylation were the key steps in a convergent total synthesis of (-)-ebelactone A.