Synlett 2002(8): 1211-1222
DOI: 10.1055/s-2002-32946
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Development of Palladium-Catalyzed Cycloalkenylation and its Application to Natural Product Synthesis

Masahiro Toyota*, Masataka Ihara*
Department of Organic Chemistry, Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Tohoku University, Aobayama, Sendai 980-8578, Japan
Fax: +81(22)2176877; e-Mail: matoyota@mail.pharm.tohoku.ac.jp; e-Mail: mihara@mail.pharm.tohoku.ac.jp;
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Received 25 September 2001
Publication Date:
25 July 2002 (online)

Abstract

To solve the drawback (considerable decrease in yield on a large scale) of cycloalkenylation employing stoichiometric amounts of Pd(OAc)2, a novel palladium-catalyzed cycloalkenylation has been developed. Stereoselective total syntheses of several bioactive terpenoids have been achieved by means of the above catalytic reaction.