Organic Letters · 2005 · 72 citations · 26 references
PharmacyMedicinal ChemistrySynthetic Medicinal ChemistryOxidative AdditionImidazole ChemistryImidazole Synthesis
The diastereoselective oxidative cyclization of a dihydrooroidin derivative is reported. The thioimidate product formed by application of a new variant of the Pummerer reaction serves as a precursor to dibromophakellstatin. [reaction: see text]
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