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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2024 May 31.
Published in final edited form as: J Am Chem Soc. 2023 May 19;145(21):11781–11788. doi: 10.1021/jacs.3c03048

Scheme 2.

Scheme 2.

Dearomative approach toward the formal synthesis of deoxylasubine II. a) (PPh3)2PdCl2 (5 mol%), CuI (10 mol%), Et3N, THF, 30 °C 92%; b) H2 (1 atm), Pd/C (10 mol%), MeOH, 23 °C 72%; c) CBr4, PPh3 then AgOTf, 68% (2 steps); d) Rh(COD)2BF4 (7 mol%), (R,R)-Ph-BPE (8 mol%), K2CO3 10:1 Dioxane:H2O, 80 °C 49%, 1:1 C2:C6, 94% ee; e) H2 (4 atm) Pd/C (10 mol%), MeOH, 23 °C 39%.