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SUBMITTER: Aimon A
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6680490 | biostudies-other | 2019 Jul
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-other
Aimon Anthony A Farrugia Louis J LJ Clark J Stephen JS
Molecules (Basel, Switzerland) 20190722 14
A new and direct approach to the construction of the core framework of the herbicidal natural products cornexistin and hydroxycornexistin has been developed. Formation of the nine-membered carbocycle found in the natural products has been accomplished by an intramolecular Nozaki-Hiyama-Kishi reaction between a vinylic iodide and an aldehyde. Good yields of carbocyclic products were obtained from the reaction, but diastereomeric mixtures of allylic alcohols were produced. The cyclisation reaction ...[more]