Preparation of a C-1 oxygenated taxane a ring via a highly efficient diels-alder strategy utilizing an α-(aroyloxy) enone captodative dienophile

Journal of Organic Chemistry

Volumn 62, Issue 21, 1997, Pages 7508-7577

  Dudones, James D ^a   Sampson, Paul ^a  

^a KENT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

CONTROL EXPERIMENTS; DIELS-ALDER STRATEGY; HETERO-DIELS-ALDER; IMPURITIES IN; ION TRANSFER; REACTION SOLVENTS; SIDE REACTIONS; THERMAL ELIMINATIONS;

BYPRODUCTS;

OLEFINS;

EID: 0000793593     PISSN: 00223263     EISSN: 15206904     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jo9711753     Document Type: Article

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47. The dienophile was precomplexed with the Lewis acid, and the following addition adducts were obtained in a 2:1 ratio: (Chemical Equation Presented)