Synthesis 1990; 1990(3): 235-236
DOI: 10.1055/s-1990-26841
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A Practical Synthesis of a (±)-Sarkomycin Precursor

Zhi-Yu Liu* , Wen Shi, Lian Zhang
  • *Shanghai institute of Organic Chemistry, Academia Sinica, 345 Lingling Lu, Shanghai 200032, China
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Publication Date:
17 September 2002 (online)

The sarkomycin precursor 4,8-dioxo-3-oxabicyclo[3.3.0]oct-2-ene can be efficiently prepared from dicyclopentadiene by a five-step sequence involving a retro-Diels-Alder reaction as the key step.

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