title: New synthetic strategies for the stereocontrolled synthesis of substituted "skipped" diepoxides.
abstract: This report describes a number of new synthetic approaches towards methyl-substituted mono- and diepoxy alcohols that serve as substrates for endo-selective epoxide-opening cascades. The key transformations involve the manipulation of alkynes. Highlighted are the directed methylmetalation of bishomopropargylic alcohols, the bromoallylation of alkynes, and Pd-catalyzed cross-coupling between an alkenyl boronate ester and allylic bromides.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 77 Massachusetts Ave., Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.
authors.forename: Christopher J
authors.initials: CJ
authors.lastname: Morten
authors.forename: Timothy F
authors.initials: TF
authors.lastname: Jamison