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SUBMITTER: Lanier ML
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5653968 | biostudies-literature | 2017 May
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Chemistry (Weinheim an der Bergstrasse, Germany) 20170503 30
8-Membered cyclic ethers are found in a wide range of natural products; however, they are challenging synthetic targets due to enthalpic and entropic barriers. The gold(I)-catalyzed intramolecular dehydrative alkoxylation of ω-hydroxy allylic alcohols was explored to stereoselectively construct α,α'-cis-oxocenes and further applied in a formal synthesis of (+)-laurencin. The gold(I)-catalyzed intramolecular dehydrative alkoxylation may constitute an alternative method for the synthesis of molecu ...[more]