posted on 2024-11-08, 07:29authored byWeerachai Phutdhawong, Stephen PyneStephen Pyne, Apiwat Baramee, Duang Buddhasukh, Brian W Skelton, Allan H White
A synthesis of (±) epipentenomycin I and III is reported from a regioselective epoxidation of racemic 3-hydroxy- and 3-acetoxy-2-methylene-4-cyclopentenone, respectively, with dimethyldioxirane followed by hydrolytic ring-opening of the resulting epoxide.
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Pyne, S. G., Phutdhawong, W., Baramee, A., Buddhasukh, D., Skelton, B. W. & White, A. H. (2002). Synthesis of (+/-)epipentenomycin I and III. Tetrahedron Letters, 43 6047-6049.