Synlett 2007(14): 2286-2288  
DOI: 10.1055/s-2007-984910
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Efficient Syntheses of the Polyene Fragments Present in Amphidinols

Janine Cossy*a, Tomoki Tsuchiyaa, Laurent Ferriéa, Sébastien Reymonda, Thomas Kreuzerb, Françoise Colobertb, Pierre Jourdainc, István E. Markóc
a Laboratoire de Chimie Organique, ESPCI, CNRS, 10 Rue Vauquelin, 75231, Paris Cedex 05, France
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b Laboratoire de Stéréochimie, Université Louis Pasteur, ECPM, CNRS, 25 Rue Becquerel, 67087 Strasbourg Cedex 2, France
c Université Catholique de Louvain, Unité de Chimie Organique et Médicinale, Bâtiment Lavoisier, Place Louis Pasteur 1, 1348 Louvain-la Neuve, Belgium
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Publication History

Received 6 May 2007
Publication Date:
20 July 2007 (online)

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Abstract

The C53-C67 and C53-C65 polyene fragments of ­amphidinols have been synthesized in an efficient and convergent fashion from sorbic acid in good overall yields (30-31%) by ­employing a chemoselective cross-metathesis of a Weinreb amide and a Julia-Kocienski olefination as the key steps.