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Synfacts 2010(4): 0375-0375  
DOI: 10.1055/s-0029-1219492
Synthesis of Natural Products and Potential Drugs
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Synthesis of (E)- and (Z)-Tamoxifen

Contributor(s): Philip Kocienski
N. Ishida, Y. Shimamoto, M. Murakami*
Kyoto University, Japan
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22 March 2010 (online)

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(Z)-Tamoxifen is used for the treatment of estrogen receptor positive breast cancer. The synthesis depicted features a syn-carbopalladation of alkynyl borate B followed by a 1,2-aryl migration (C → D) to generate a trisubstituted ­alkenylborane in high yield and stereoselectivity. Oxidation of the alkenylbornane D with Me3NO afforded the alkenylborinic ester E that participated in an efficient Suzuki-Miyaura coupling to give (Z)-tamoxifen.