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Synthetic Studies on Electron Transport Inhibitors. Part 2. Approaches to the Synthesis of Myxalamide D
Cox, Catherine M.,Whitting, Donald A.
, p. 1907 - 1911 (2007/10/02)
In a synthetic approach to ethyl myxalate-D 5 (X=OEt) the butendial monoacetals 12 and 15 were transformed by a Wadsworth-Emmons reaction and controlled hydrolysis into the (E,E)-aldehydoester (17); a Z-selective reaction with Bestmann's ylide 18 afforded
