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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2011 Jul 21.
Published in final edited form as: Angew Chem Int Ed Engl. 2011 Apr 21;50(22):5178–5181. doi: 10.1002/anie.201007757

Scheme 6.

Scheme 6

Completion of the synthesis. Reagents and conditions: a) CrCl2, NiCl2·DMP, 25, Proton Sponge, Mn, Cp2ZrCl2, LiCl, CH3CN, 84%, d. r. =8:1; b) K2CO3, MeOH, 91%; c) TsCl, Et3N, Bu2SnO, CH2Cl2, 92%; d) NaBH4, HMPA, 50 °C, 76 %; e) Me3P=C(H)CN, C6H6, 80 °C, 40%; f) Bu4NF, THF, 77 %. DMP = 2,9-dimethylphenanthroline, HMPA =hexamethylphosphoramide.