title: Stereoselective synthesis of cyercene A and the placidenes.
abstract: Members of a family of alpha-methoxy-gamma-pyrone-containing polypropionate natural products have been stereoselectively synthesized. Two key iodovinyl pyrone building blocks were coupled to appropriately selected vinyl stannanes to assemble the highly substituted polyene side chains of the natural products. [structure: see text]
authors.affiliation: Center for New Directions in Organic Synthesis, Department of Chemistry, University of California-Berkeley, Berkeley, CA 94720. USA.
authors.forename: Guangxin
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Liang
authors.forename: Aubry K
authors.initials: AK
authors.lastname: Miller
authors.forename: Dirk
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Trauner
mesh_terms: D001688:Biological Products / Q000138:chemical synthesis*; D002384:Catalysis; D007202:Indicators and Reagents; D015394:Molecular Structure; D011753:Pyrones / Q000138:chemical synthesis*; D013237:Stereoisomerism
chemical_list: D001688:Biological Products; D007202:Indicators and Reagents; D011753:Pyrones; C501019:cyercene A