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SUBMITTER: Struble JR
PROVIDER: S-EPMC2896295 | biostudies-literature | 2009 Jun
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Struble Justin R JR Bode Jeffrey W JW
Tetrahedron 20090601 26
An N-heterocyclic carbene (NHC) catalyzed intramolecular lactonization to prepare densely functionalized bicyclic γ-lactam-γ-lactone adducts from enals is reported. This method has been applied to the formal synthesis of salinosporamide A, a potent 20S proteasome inhibitor and anti-cancer therapeutic. ...[more]