title: Strategic use of nickel(0)-catalyzed enyne-epoxide reductive coupling towards the synthesis of (-)-cyatha-3,12-diene.
abstract: Various situations are explored in which the nickel(0)-catalyzed enyne-epoxide reductive coupling was utilized to access key intermediates towards the total synthesis of (-)-cyatha-3,12-diene (1). Enantioenriched 3,5-dien-1-ols with a variety of functionality were obtained in a straightforward manner from easily accessible 1,3-enynes and terminal epoxides.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 77 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.
authors.forename: Brian A
authors.initials: BA
authors.lastname: Sparling
authors.forename: Graham L
authors.initials: GL
authors.lastname: Simpson
authors.forename: Timothy F
authors.initials: TF
authors.lastname: Jamison