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SUBMITTER: Sims EA
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3103834 | biostudies-literature | 2011 Apr
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Sims Evan A EA Deforest Cole A CA Anseth Kristi S KS
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We report the large-scale synthesis of 1,3-cyclooctanedione in five steps with 29% yield. This molecule is a synthetic precurser to difluorinated cyclooctyne, which participates in a bioorthogonal copper-free click reaction with azides. The final step demonstrates the first successful application of the Wacker-Tsuji oxidation to form a cyclic 1,3-dione. ...[more]