Co-reporter:Sean M. Kerwin, Jonathan Cha
Tetrahedron Letters 2014 Volume 55(Issue 1) pp:137-141
Publication Date(Web):1 January 2014
DOI:10.1016/j.tetlet.2013.10.138
Two powerful strategies: rapid construction of allylic alkynoates via cyclopropenium ion chemistry and mild, palladium-catalyzed decarboxylative coupling were employed in a concise, 5-steps synthesis of the natural product rooperol. The overall approach allows the preparation of rooperol analogs in as few as 3 steps.