title: Development of an approach to the synthesis of the ABC ring system of Hemibrevetoxin B.
abstract: An efficient approach for the synthesis of a model of the ABC ring system of Hemibrevetoxin B is described. Key features include a ring expansion to yield the ring C oxepane, the reduction of a 2-furyl ketone with high levels of 1,3-stereocontrol, and an Achmatowicz oxidative ring expansion to yield the ring A tetrahydropyran. All seven stereogenic centers present in the model compound were controlled with high levels (>98:<2) of diastereoselectivity.
authors.affiliation: School of Chemistry, University of Leeds, Leeds LS2 9JT, UK.
authors.forename: Claire
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Crawford
authors.forename: Adam
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Nelson
authors.forename: Ian
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Patel
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D003500:Cyclization; D006576:Heterocyclic Compounds, 4 or More Rings / Q000138:chemical synthesis*; D011161:Porifera; D013237:Stereoisomerism
chemical_list: D006576:Heterocyclic Compounds, 4 or More Rings; C409729:hemibrevetoxin B