Synthesis of the neocarzinostatin chromophore A core diynene structure using an η2-hexacarbonyidicobalt mediated Aldol reaction
Abstract
The monoketal of cyclopentene-1,3-dione was converted into the η2-Co2(CO)6 neocarzinostatin core 19 in six steps; oxidative decomplexation in the presence of cyclohexa-1,4-diene gave the cycloaromatized adduct 22.