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Synthesis and epimerisation studies on carbohydrate derived bicyclic tetronate esters: The synthesis of furanofurans related to the cytotoxic metabolite goniofufurone
Cagnolini, Cristiano,Ferri, Marina,Jones, Peter R.,Murphy, Patrick J.,Ayres, Barry,Cox, Brian
, p. 4815 - 4820 (2007/10/03)
The synthesis of the D-xylo- 12, D-lyxo- 13, D-ribo- 14 and D-arabino-furanofurans 15 was accomplished from the readily available butyrolactones 4 and 5 via a non-classical Wittig cyclisation/hydrogenation sequence, these compounds are analogues of the cytotoxic natural product goniofufurone.
