title: Isoxazole --> benzisoxazole rearrangement promoted cascade reactions affording stereodefined polycycles.
abstract: [reaction: see text] A new chemo-, regio-, and stereoselective cascade reaction features a novel isoxazole --> benzisoxazole rearrangement and affords highly functionalized, differentially protected compounds. The products of this reaction are directly converted to a number of complex, structurally diverse polycyclic molecules. These transformations highlight the unique chemistry inherent to readily prepared fused isoxazoles.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, Tokyo Institute of Technology, and CREST, Japan Science and Technology (JST) Corporation, O-okayama, Meguro-ku, Tokyo 152-8551, Japan.
authors.forename: Jeffrey W
authors.initials: JW
authors.lastname: Bode
authors.forename: Hidehiro
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Uesuka
authors.forename: Keisuke
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Suzuki