Departamento de Química Orgánica, Facultad de Química, UdelaR, CC 1157, Montevideo, Uruguay
Abstract:
Tricyclic compounds that are advanced precursors for the synthesis of analogs of the antitumoral alkaloid pancratistatin were prepared by a short sequence that involved enzymatic dihydroxylation, epoxidation, and intramolecular Huisgen cycloaddition.