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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2010 Aug 20.
Published in final edited form as: Angew Chem Int Ed Engl. 2007;46(6):915–918. doi: 10.1002/anie.200603853

Scheme 3.

Scheme 3

[a] NaHMDS, THF, −78 °C, PhSeCl, 0 °C, then aq. H2O2, 98%; [b] DIBAL, −78 °C, 95%; [c] sodium naphthalide, THF, −78 °C, 1 min, then MnO2, PhH, 70%; [d] TsOH (cat.), ClCH2CH2Cl, 92%; [e] tBuOCl, aq. acetone, 40%; [f] air oxidation; [g] CH2Cl2; aq. NaHSO3 (95%).