A general strategy using η2Co2(CO)6 acetylene complexes for the synthesis of the enediyne antitumor agents esperamicin, calicheamicin, dynemicin and neocarzinostatin

Article abstract of DOI:10.1016/S0040-4020(01)80626-8

A review of the use of η²Co₂(CO)₆-acetylene complexes as stable intermediates for the construction of the core structures of the antitumor enediyne agent esperamicin, calicheamicin, dynemicin and neocarzinostatin from the