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SUBMITTER: Mukherjee S
PROVIDER: S-EPMC2715010 | biostudies-literature | 2009 Jul
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Organic letters 20090701 13
A tandem ring-closing metathesis of a silaketal-based dienyne substrate proceeded efficiently to provide a bicyclic siloxane, which upon removal of the silicon tether afforded an (E,Z)-1,3-dienediol. Further manipulation of this key functional motif rendered synthesis of the entire C1-C19 linear skeleton of (-)-cochleamycin A, a late-stage intermediate employed in the previous total synthesis of (+)-cochleamycin A by Roush and co-workers. ...[more]