CLEAVAGE OF THE C-20 ETHYLIDENE SIDE-CHAIN OF DEFORMYL-Z-GEISSOSCHIZINE AND DEFORMYL-E-GEISSOSCHIZINE DERIVATIVES UTILIZING THE MODIFIED POLONOVSKI REACTION
M. Lounasmaa et al., CLEAVAGE OF THE C-20 ETHYLIDENE SIDE-CHAIN OF DEFORMYL-Z-GEISSOSCHIZINE AND DEFORMYL-E-GEISSOSCHIZINE DERIVATIVES UTILIZING THE MODIFIED POLONOVSKI REACTION, Heterocycles, 36(11), 1993, pp. 2523-2530
Cleavage of the C-20 ethylidene side-chain of deformyl-Z-geissoschizin
e (1) and deformyl-E-geissoschizine (2), and their N(a)-Boc derivative
s (11) and (12), utilizing the modified Polonovski reaction, is descri
bed. Mechanistic considerations are presented.