Abstract
Enzymatic dihydroxylation of β-bromoethylbenzene provided a homochiral diene diol that served as starting material for the synthesis of the complete morphinan skeleton via an intramolecular Heck cyclization.
Key words
enzymatic dihydroxylation - Heck reaction - Mitsunobu reaction - Friedel-Crafts reaction - morphinans
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