Synthesis 2012; 44(17): 2770-2778
DOI: 10.1055/s-0032-1316589
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Investigation of an Acrylate Lynchpin Approach toward the Synthesis of Stolonidiol

Thomas Barton
Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX 78712, USA, Fax: +1(512)4716835   Email: dsiegel@cm.utexas.edu
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Dionicio Siegel*
Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX 78712, USA, Fax: +1(512)4716835   Email: dsiegel@cm.utexas.edu
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Publication History

Received: 28 March 2012

Accepted after revision: 05 June 2012

Publication Date:
27 July 2012 (online)


Abstract

An acrylate lynchpin approach toward the synthesis of stolonidiol has been investigated. To access the key macrocyclization precursor we adapted the silylcupration reaction of alkynes, facilitating attack of the intermediate vinylcuprate on a trisubstituted epoxide. With all of the required carbons of stolonidiol in place, macrocyclization reactions to provide the 11-membered ring were attempted using either a nickel-mediated cyclization of a bromo aldehyde, intercepting methyl acrylate, or an intramolecular Baylis–Hillman cyclization.

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