Studies on the total synthesis of formamicin: synthesis of the C(1)-C(11) fragment

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publication date

  • February 2001

abstract

  • [figure: see text] An efficient and highly concise synthesis of 6, corresponding to the C(1)-C(11) fragment of formamicin (1), has been accomplished by a route utilizing a diastereoselective lactate aldol reaction to set the C(6) tertiary ether and the TES-OTf mediated transketalization of the C(6) tertiary methoxymethyl ether and the C(25) PMB ether to set the seven-membered methylene acetal unit (see 37-->38).