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Matej Babjak1, Alice Kanazawa, Regan J Anderson
1Université Joseph Fourier de Grenoble, Chimie Recherche (LEDSS), 38041, Grenoble, France.
Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry
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Abstract:
A short, efficient synthesis of 22-hydroxyacuminatine, starting from a readily accessible hydroxy pyridone, is presented; key steps include a Heck coupling with methyl pentadienoate, a flash vacuum pyrolytic cyclization, and a Friedländer condensation.
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