Abstract
The synthetic utility of organometallic additions to pyrylium salts as a procedure for the stereocontrolled preparation of 2Z,4E-dienals, and the use of these compounds in polyene natural product synthesis, is summarised. The extension of this methodology to 4-methylpyrylium tetrafluoroborate to give a new route to 3-methyl-2Z,4E-dienals via a six-carbon organometallic homologation procedure is then described. Finally, the utilisation of this methodology to provide a concise synthetic approach to 13Z-retinal, retinal and a range of retinal analogues is then elaborated.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 2385-2392 |
Number of pages | 8 |
Journal | Journal of the Chemical Society-Perkin Transactions 1 |
Issue number | 19 |
Publication status | Published - 7 Oct 1995 |
Keywords
- VITAMIN-A
- STEREOSELECTIVE SYNTHESIS
- ABSOLUTE-CONFIGURATION
- UMBRACULUMIN-A
- ALDEHYDES
- REAGENTS
- RETINOIDS
- ROUTE
- HOMOLOGATION
- PERCHLORATE