a Department of Chemistry, Graduate School of Natural Science and Technology, Okayama University, 3-1-1 Tsushimanaka, Okayama 700-8530, Japan b Department of Chemistry, Graduate School of Science, Tohoku University, Sendai 980-8578, Japan
Abstract:
A convergent synthesis of the A-E ring segment of ciguatoxin CTX3C was achieved via the intramolecular allylation of an α-chloroacetoxy ether and subsequent ring-closing metathesis.