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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2009 Feb 27.
Published in final edited form as: Chemistry. 2008;14(5):1654–1665. doi: 10.1002/chem.200701290

Scheme 8.

Scheme 8

a) DIBAL-H, 0°C, PhMe, 92%; b) furfurylamine·HCl, NaBH4, MeOH, 3 Å MS, 23°C, 99%; c) KCN, [18]crown-6, [Pd(PPh3)4], PhH, 75°C, 75%; d) Br2, 1:1 AcOH/water, 0°C, 65%; e) [0.15 m] toluene, 170°C, 5 d, 73%.