Ghosh Arun K, Lei Hui
Department of Chemistry, University of Illinois at Chicago, 845 West Taylor Street, Chicago, Illinois 60607, USA Fax +1(312)9962183;
Synthesis (Stuttg). 2002;2002(3):371-374. doi: 10.1055/s-2002-20037.
The C-N fragment of griseoviridin has been prepared enantioselectively. The 1,3- diol synthon was derived from lipase-catalyzed selective acylation of(±)-1-(benzyloxy)pent-4-en-2-ol. The conjugated (,)-dienylmethyl azide functionality was installed by a Pd-catalyzed allylic azidation reaction.