Tetrahedron letters

A formal synthesis of crinipellin B based on the arene-alkene meta-photocycloaddition reaction

PA Wender, TM Dore

Index: Wender, Paul A.; Dore, Timothy M. Tetrahedron Letters, 1998 , vol. 39, # 47 p. 8589 - 8592

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Abstract

Starting from triethyl phosphonopropionate and 3-nitro-2-methylbenzoic acid, a formal synthesis of crinipellin B was achieved. The strategy draws on the use of a novel version of the arene-alkene meta-photocycloaddition reaction that proceeds with the generation of 4 rings and 4 quaternary stereocenters in one synthetic operation.