Synthesis of Pyrenolide D Analogues

Abstract

We present a short, enantiospecific synthesis of four hydroxylated analogues of pyrenolide D from d-glucose based on furan oxidative spirocyclisation.

butenolides - furans - lactones - oxidations - spiro compounds

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NMR assignments are numbered according to carbohydrate conventions (as Figure  [¹] ). Only strong or characterising IR peaks are given.