Abstract
(Matrix presented) A short synthesis of the tricyclic skeleton of pleuromutilin is reported, featuring an unusually efficient 8-endo-trig radical cyclization of a xanthate precursor. In the course of this study, a one-carbon ring expansion leading to cycloheptenes was uncovered.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 325-328 |
| Number of pages | 4 |
| Journal | Organic Letters |
| Volume | 5 |
| Issue number | 3 |
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| Publication status | Published - 6 Feb 2003 |
| Externally published | Yes |