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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 Jul 7.
Published in final edited form as: Org Biomol Chem. 2016 May 24;14(25):5894–5913. doi: 10.1039/c6ob00878j

Scheme 11.

Scheme 11

Alternative route to intermediate 105. Reagents and conditions: (a) methyl 2-(bromomethyl)acrylate, Zn, I2, THF, 50 °C, 90%; (b) Ru3(CO)12, Et3N, dioxane, 100 °C, 2 h, 95%