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Intramolecular cycloaddition reactions of dienyl nitroso compounds: Application to the synthesis of mitomycin K
Benbow, John W.,McClure, Kim F.,Danishefsky, Samuel J.
, p. 12305 - 12314 (2007/10/02)
The total synthesis of mitomycin K has been achieved. The key reaction produced pyrrolo[1,2-a]indole 25 from dienyl nitrobenzenemethanol 23 by a process involving two internal photochemical redox transformations and a [4 + 2] cycloaddition.
