Tetrahedron letters

A new approach to the synthesis of polycyclic structures

ME Briggs, M El Qacemi, C Kalaı̈, SZ Zard

Index: Briggs, Michael E.; El Qacemi, Myriem; Kalai, Chakib; Zard, Samir Z. Tetrahedron Letters, 2004 , vol. 45, # 31 p. 6017 - 6020

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Abstract

A general, convergent approach to the synthesis of polycyclic structures has been developed, based on the tandem radical addition/cyclisation of xanthates to dienones followed by an ionic ring closure to give, finally, a number of variously substituted tricyclic compounds.