Institut des Sciences Moléculaires de Marseille, UMR 6263 CNRS and Université d’Aix Marseille III, Faculté des Sciences et Techniques de Saint Jérôme, Avenue Escadrille Normandie-Niemen, 13397 Marseille Cedex 20, France
Abstract:
An efficient synthesis of secosteroidal macrocycles has been achieved via an oxidative ring-expansion/ring-opening sequence and a ring-closing metathesis reaction as the key steps.