EFFICIENT SYNTHETIC ENTRY TO OXYGEN-BRIDGED LACTARANES USING ORGANOMETALLIC METHODOLOGY: A SHORT SYNTHESIS OF FURANETHER B

Article abstract of DOI:10.1016/S0040-4039(01)93491-4

A 9-step synthesis of the sesquiterpene furanether B from 2-methylfuran is described; the furan moiety is carried through the last 5 steps, which include Pauson-Khand cycloaddition, the key to the synthesis.