Download PDF
Synlett 1994; 1994(8): 625-627
DOI: 10.1055/s-1994-22950
letter
© Georg Thieme Verlag, Rüdigerstr. 14, 70469 Stuttgart, Germany. All rights reserved. This journal, including all individual contributions and illustrations published therein, is legally protected by copyright for the duration of the copyright period. Any use, exploitation or commercialization outside the narrow limits set by copyright legislation, without the publisher's consent, is illegal and liable to criminal prosecution. This applies in particular to photostat reproduction, copying, cyclostyling, mimeographing or duplication of any kind, translating, preparation of microfilms, and electronic data processing and storage.

Palladium Catalyzed Polyene Cyclizations: An Approach to the Pentacyclic Carbon Framework of Halenaquinone and Xestoquinone

W. A. Cristofoli* , B. A. Keay
  • *Department of Chemistry, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, T2N 1N4
Further Information

Publication History

Publication Date:
18 September 2002 (online)

 PDF Download  Permissions and Reprints All articles of this category

A seven step synthesis of the pentacyclic framework of xestoquinone and halenaquinone is described beginning with 3-(hydroxymethyl)furan and 3-bromo-2-naphthoyl chloride utilizing, as the key step, a palladium catalyzed polyene cyclization.