A general route to 5-substituted-2-furylacetic acids: a brief synthesis of plakorsin B
✍ Scribed by Simon J. Hayes; David W. Knight; Andrew W.T. Smith; Mark J. O’Halloran
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 2010
- Tongue
- French
- Weight
- 278 KB
- Volume
- 51
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0040-4039
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✦ Synopsis
a b s t r a c t 3,4-Dihydroxy-5-alkynylcarboxylic acids, readily obtained by the addition of lithium acetylides to a-acetoxysuccinic anhydride followed by reduction and hydrolysis, undergo smooth silver(I)-catalysed 5-endodig cyclisations and in situ dehydration to give excellent overall yields of 5-substituted-2-furylacetic acids, including the natural metabolite plakorsin B.
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