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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 Mar 24.
Published in final edited form as: J Med Chem. 2016 Mar 15;59(6):2579–2595. doi: 10.1021/acs.jmedchem.5b01780

Scheme 5a.

Scheme 5a

aReagents and conditions: i) I2, H2SO4, HIO4, AcOH, H2O, 70°C ii) 3- or 4-mercaptophenylacetic acid methyl ester, borohydride, polymer supported, (bpy)2NiBr2, dioxane, ButOH, 130–145°C, 3 h to 5 h; iii) oxone, H2O, MeOH, 0°C to r.t., 12 h; iv) LiOH 1N, THF, H2O, r.t. 12h.