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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2012 Sep 15.
Published in final edited form as: Bioorg Med Chem Lett. 2011 Jul 19;21(18):5320–5323. doi: 10.1016/j.bmcl.2011.07.024

Scheme 2.

Scheme 2

Reagents and conditions: (a) 2-adamantanone, CSA, CH2Cl2, rt, 12 h; (b) cyclohexanone, CSA, CH2Cl2, rt, 12 h; (c) 15% aq. KOH, EtOH/THF, 50 °C, 4 h, then AcOH; (d) methyl 2-(4-oxocyclohexyl)acetate, CSA, CH2Cl2, rt, 12 h.