Total synthesis of ailanthoidol and precursor XH14 by stille coupling

Article abstract of DOI:10.1021/jo020653t

Ailanthoidol 1, which can be isolated from Chinese herbal medicine, is achieved in which the longest linear sequence is only six steps in 48% overall yield from commercially available 5-bromo-2-hydroxy-3-methoxybenzaldehyde. The key transformations in the