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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2010 Apr 13.
Published in final edited form as: Angew Chem Int Ed Engl. 2009;48(23):4158–4161. doi: 10.1002/anie.200900480

Scheme 4.

Scheme 4

Conditions: a) 2-benzyloxy-1-methyl-pyridinium triflate, MgO, PhCF3; 73%; b) LiOH, THF/H2O; c) Dowex 50X2-200; quant. over 2 steps; d) 2 equiv (COCl)2, 1 equiv DMF, CH2Cl2, 5 minutes, r.t.; e) 4 equiv Et3N, 1 equiv DMAP, 2 equiv 2, r.t., 12 h, 57%.