Volume 31, Issue 6 pp. 773-778
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Carboalumination-Epoxide Ring Opening for the Formation of 1,4-Disubstituted (Z)-3,6-Alkadienols

Quan Zhang

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Quan Zhang

College of Pharmacy, State Key Laboratory of Elemento-Organic Chemistry, and Tianjin Key Laboratory of Molecular Drug Research, Nankai University, Tianjin 300071, China

College of Pharmacy, State Key Laboratory of Elemento-Organic Chemistry, and Tianjin Key Laboratory of Molecular Drug Research, Nankai University, Tianjin 300071, China, Tel.: 0086-022-23508090Search for more papers by this author
Yuhuan Jing

Yuhuan Jing

College of Pharmacy, State Key Laboratory of Elemento-Organic Chemistry, and Tianjin Key Laboratory of Molecular Drug Research, Nankai University, Tianjin 300071, China

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David C. Myles

David C. Myles

Kosan Biosciences, Inc., 3832 Bay Center Place, Hayward, California 94545, USA

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Yong Li

Yong Li

Kosan Biosciences, Inc., 3832 Bay Center Place, Hayward, California 94545, USA

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Yue Chen

Yue Chen

College of Pharmacy, State Key Laboratory of Elemento-Organic Chemistry, and Tianjin Key Laboratory of Molecular Drug Research, Nankai University, Tianjin 300071, China

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First published: 29 May 2013
Citations: 4

Abstract

Allylalumination of alkynes (i.e. forming Negishi's (Z)-alkenyl dialkylalane) followed by alkenylation of epoxides provides 1,4-disubstituted (Z)-3,6-alkadienols. The alkenylation can be facilitated by the presence of a neighbouring coordinating group in the epoxides. This "one-pot" approach has been successfully applied in the large-scale production of C10–C15 fragment of 9,10-didehydroepothilone D (a synthetic epothilone analog as an anti-cancer agent in phase 2 clinical trials).

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