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Prostaglandin Nomenclature - The Stoltz Group

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I<br />

PMBO<br />

OTBS<br />

(10 equiv)<br />

-40 °C, 42h<br />

(38% yield)<br />

O<br />

TBSO<br />

Vinyl Cyclopropane Rearrangement Route - Wulff, 1990<br />

C 5H 11<br />

C 5H 11<br />

OPMB<br />

t-BuLi (2 equiv)<br />

Et 2O, -78 → 0 °C, 2h<br />

then Cr(CO) 6 (1.4 equiv)<br />

then TBAF<br />

TBSO<br />

CO 2Me<br />

OAc<br />

PMBO<br />

C 5H 11<br />

(OC) 5Cr<br />

DDQ (1.5 equiv)<br />

PMBO<br />

Murray, C. K.; Yang, D. C.; Wulff, W. D. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 1990, 112, 5660–5662.<br />

O -<br />

filtered<br />

NBu 4 +<br />

Bu 2O, 190 °C, 2h<br />

(85% yield)<br />

CH 2Cl 2/H 2O, 10 °C, 1h, 80% yield<br />

HF/pyr, MeCN, 0 → 25 °C, 15 h<br />

86% yield<br />

C 5H 11<br />

AcO<br />

TBSO<br />

O<br />

HO<br />

AcBr (1 equiv)<br />

DCM, -40 °C, 1 h<br />

OH<br />

C 5H 11<br />

OPMB<br />

C 5H 11<br />

(OC) 5Cr<br />

then<br />

I<br />

CO 2Me<br />

PGE 2 Methyl ester & C15 epimer<br />

OAc<br />

PMBO<br />

n-BuLi (2 equiv)<br />

HMPA<br />

Ph 3SnCl<br />

First natural product synthesis employing a Fischer Carbene as a key intermediate<br />

C 5H 11<br />

CO 2Me

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