Synlett 2013; 24(12): 1583-1587
DOI: 10.1055/s-0033-1339196
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© Georg Thieme Verlag Stuttgart · New York

Oxidative Dearomatization of o-Hydroxymethylphenol and Intramolecular π4s+π2s Cycloaddition: An Expedient Synthesis of a Tricyclic Intermediate for Platencin

Vishwakarma Singh*
a   Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Mumbai 400 076, India   Fax: +91(22)25723480   eMail: vks@chem.iitb.ac.in
,
Beauty Das
a   Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Mumbai 400 076, India   Fax: +91(22)25723480   eMail: vks@chem.iitb.ac.in
,
Shaikh M. Mobin
b   Discipline of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology Indore, Indore 452 017, India
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Received: 29. März 2013

Accepted after revision: 20. Mai 2013

Publikationsdatum:
20. Juni 2013 (online)


Abstract

A synthesis of a tricyclic intermediate for platencin from a simple aromatic precursor is described. Oxidative dearomatization and intramolecular Diels–Alder reaction are key features of the approach.

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