Novel polyene cyclisation routes to the acyl tetronic acid ionophore tetronasin (ICI M139603)

Geert Jan Boons*, Ian C. Lennon, Steven V. Ley, Elaine S.E. Owen, James Staunton, David J. Wadsworth

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Abstract

An approach to the total synthesis of the ionophore antibiotic tetronasin (1) is reported, in which the key step is a novel base catalysed cascade cyslisation of an activated polyene (2). This establishes two rings and four stereogenic centres in one step. A related polyene (16) has been cyclised in a similar fashion, illustrating the generality of the procedure.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)323-326
Number of pages4
JournalTetrahedron Letters
Volume35
Issue number2
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 10 Jan 1994
Externally publishedYes

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