作者:Wei He、Jie Huang、Xiufeng Sun、Alison J. Frontier
DOI:10.1021/ja0761986
日期:2008.1.1
The totalsynthesis of racemic merrilactone A (a neurotrophic agent) is described, featuring simultaneous and stereospecific creation of the C4 and C5 stereocenters via a notable silyloxyfuran Nazarov cyclization. Full details of the successful synthetic strategy are given, as well as several examples of the interesting reactivity of intermediates that were prepared and studied during the execution