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. 2021 Mar 29;118(14):e2100165118. doi: 10.1073/pnas.2100165118

Scheme 1.

Scheme 1.

Synthesis of symmetric (fDAE1-4) and asymmetric hexa-carboxylic acids (fDAE5-6) with a maleimide group. Reagents and conditions: (i) Pd(dba)2, Sphos, K2CO3, aqueous (aq.) THF, reflux, 30 min; (ii) CF3CO2H/CH2Cl2 (1/1, vol/vol), room temperature (r.t.), 1 h; (iii) nBuLi, −90 °C to r.t., 12 h; (iv) 30% aq. H2O2, CH3COOH, reflux, 1 h; (v) I2/H5IO6, concentrated H2SO4, 0 °C, 30 min; (vi) BBr3, DCM, −10 °C to r.t. 24 h; (vii) TEMPO/BAIB, ACN/H2O (1/1, vol/vol), r.t., 30 min; and (viii) TSTU/DIPEA, r.t., 10 min, then E/DIPEA, r.t., 30 min.