Total Synthesis of 7′-Desmethylkealiiquinone, 4′-Desmethoxykealiiquinone, and 2-Deoxykealiiquinone

…, R Sivappa, M Yousufuddin, CJ Lovely

Index: Lima, Heather M.; Lovely, Carl J. Organic Letters, 2011 , vol. 13, # 21 p. 5736 - 5739

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Abstract

Synthetic approaches to the imidazonaphthoquinone core of kealiiquinone and related Leucetta-derived alkaloids are described. The polysubstituted benzimidazole framework can be constructed through intramolecular Diels–Alder reactions of propiolate-derived enynes