The Journal of organic chemistry

Organoboron-Based Allylation Approach to the Total Synthesis of the Medium-Ring Dilactone (+)-Antimycin A1b

J Janetzko, RA Batey

Index: Beveridge, Ramsay E.; Batey, Robert A. Organic Letters, 2014 , vol. 16, # 9 p. 2322 - 2325

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Abstract

The stereoselective synthesis of (+)-antimycin A1b has been accomplished in 12 linear steps and 18% overall yield from (−)-ethyl lactate. A robust, scalable, and highly diastereoselective montmorillonite K10-promoted allylation reaction between an α-silyloxy