ChemInform Abstract: Syntheses of Heterocyclic Compounds Containing Benzopyrone. Part 6. Biomimetic Total Synthesis of Citromycetin.
ChemInform Abstract
Regioselective cyclization of the trione derived from (I) yields the tetracyclic furan (II) and the chloromethylpyrone (III); the latter is converted to the title compound (IVb).