Brown Laboratory, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Delaware, Newark, DE 19716, USA
Abstract:
The 4-hydroxy buteneolide terminus 3, applicable to mucocin 1 and related annonaceous acetogenins, was prepared in an expeditious manner from the selenocarbonate 2via an intramolecular acyl radical cyclization followed by an enantioselective Lewis-acid catalyzed Keck-allylation reaction.