Polyketide assembly by alkene-alkyne reductive cross-coupling: Spiroketals through the union of homoallylic alcohols

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publication date

  • 2010

abstract

  • A reaction sequence composed of regioselective formal hydroalkynylation, reductive ene-yne cross-coupling, and oxidative cyclization has been developed to prepare stereochemically dense spiroketals. Overall, the chemistry defines a three-component coupling process for the union of two homoallylic alcohol-based substrates with trimethylsilylacetylene.