a Department of Chemistry, Graduate School of Science, The University of Tokyo, Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan b Graduate School of Life Sciences, Tohoku University, Tsutumidori-amamiya, Aoba-ku, Sendai 981-8555, Japan
Abstract:
Synthesis of the ABCDE ring fragment of ciguatoxins has been achieved in a highly stereocontrolled and convergent manner via the B-alkyl Suzuki-Miyaura coupling-based approach.