Nh. Lee et Rc. Larock, ASYMMETRIC-SYNTHESIS OF 12-EPI-PGF(2-ALPHA) BY A PALLADIUM-MEDIATED, 3-COMPONENT COUPLING REACTION, Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society, 16(9), 1995, pp. 859-863
The prostaglandin analogue 12-epi-PGF(2 alpha) (2) has been synthesize
d from optically active cis-4-t-butyldimethylsilyloxy-2-cyclopenten-1-
ol (4b) in 4 steps in an overall yield of 21%. An extremely efficient
Pd(II)-mediated, three-component coupling reaction is employed to obta
in the key intermediate 9.