Diastereoselective SmI2-mediated cascade radical cyclisations of methylenecyclopropane derivatives—a synthesis of paeonilactone B
Chemical Communications Pub Date : 01/01/1900 00:00:00 , DOI:10.1039/A804297G
Abstract
The SmI2-mediated cascade reaction of methylenecyclopropyl ketone 9 proceeds with high diastereoselectivity, which is critically dependent on the presence of HMPA, and provides a short route to paeonilactone B.
