Conjugate Addition of Acylate-Nickel Complexes to Quinone Monoketals: Formal Synthesis of the Naphthoquinone Antibiotics Nanaomycin A and Deoxyfrenolicin

Article abstract of DOI:10.1021/jo00350a027

A direct approach to the synthesis of isochromanone antibiotics such as nanaomycin A (2) and deoxyfrenolicin (3) is the conjugate addition of a carbonyl anion equivalent to the appropriate naphthoquinone monoketal followed by trapping with an allylic hali