Synlett 1999; 1999(4): 419-420
DOI: 10.1055/s-1999-2650
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Baylis-Hillman Protocol in an Enantiocontrolled Synthesis of Pentenomycin I

Tsutomu Sugahara* , Kunio Ogasawara
  • *Pharmaceutical Institute, Tohoku University, Aobayama, Sendai 980-8578, Japan; Fax +81-22-2 17-68 45; E-mail: konol@mail.cc.tohoku.ac.jp
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Publication Date:
31 December 1999 (online)

A new route to the cyclopentanoid antibiotic (-)-pentenomycin I 1 has been developed by application of the Baylis-Hillman reaction on the chiral cyclopentadienone synthon.