Synthesis 2005(10): 1701-1705  
DOI: 10.1055/s-2005-869895
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OCT Analogues Part 2. Acetylene in the Synthesis of Useful Building Blocks for Analogues of OCT Modified at C-20, C-21, and the D-Ring

Carlos Fernándeza, Ousmane Dioufb, Edelmiro Momána,, Generosa Gómeza, Yagamare Fall*a
a Departamento de Química Orgánica, Facultad de Química, Universidad de Vigo, 36200 Vigo, Pontevedra, Spain
Fax: +34(986)812262; e-Mail: yagamare@uvigo.es;
b Laboratoire de Chimie Inorganique, Departement de Chimie, Faculté des Sciences et Techniques, Université Cheikh Anta Diop, Dakar, Sénégal
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Publication History

Received 15 March 2005
Publication Date:
18 May 2005 (online)

Abstract

Diols 11 and 12, potential building blocks for the synthesis of 20-epi-OCT, and analogues modified at C-21 and the D-ring, were efficiently synthesized using Pd(II)-catalyzed oxidative rearrangement of propargylic acetate 7.

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New address: E. Momán, Department of Pharmaceutical and Medicinal Chemistry, Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, 123 St. Stephen’s Green, Dublin 2, Ireland.