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SUBMITTER: Xie Q
PROVIDER: S-EPMC2765515 | biostudies-literature | 2008 Dec
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Xie Qiuzhe Q Denton Richard W RW Parker Kathlyn A KA
Organic letters 20081201 23
A convenient Grubbs II metathesis provides dihydrooxasilines by relay RCM (RRCM). Dihydrooxasilines undergo ring opening to give Z-vinyl silanes. These can then be converted to Z-vinyl iodides. This sequence provides a short, high yield, and convenient route to trisubstituted Z-vinyl iodides, useful intermediates for the preparation of polypropionate antibiotics. ...[more]