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Stereoselective total synthesis of (−)-pyrenophorin

Perugu Edukondalu, Reddymasu Sreenivasulu, and Rudraraju Ramesh Raju

Department of Chemistry, Acharya Nagarjuna University, Guntur, India

E-mail: reddymasu.msc@gmail.com

Received: 10 September 2019  Accepted: 11 March 2020

Abstract:

Abstract

Stereoselective total synthesis of (−)-pyrenophorin was accomplished from commercially available starting material 2-bromo epoxide using regioselective ring opening and the intermolecular Mitsunobu cyclization as key steps.

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Keywords: 2-Bromo epoxide; Regioselective ring opening; Mitsunobu cyclization; (−)-Pyrenophorin

Full paper is available at www.springerlink.com.

DOI: 10.1007/s11696-020-01132-2

Chemical Papers 74 (9) 2945–2950 (2020)