Synthesis of an Advanced Intermediate en Route to the Mitomycin Natural Products

Amie L. Williams, Jayasree Srinivasan, Jeffrey N. Johnston

Organic Letters · 2006 · 18 citations · 27 references

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[Structure: see text] An advanced intermediate in our planned synthesis of mitomycin C has been acquired in nine steps from tert-butyl glyoxylate. The aziridinyl pyrrolidine and quinone subunits are coupled regioselectively to arrive at an enamine that is prepared for C10 homologation.

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