Avr. Rao et al., STUDIES DIRECTED TOWARDS THE TOTAL SYNTHESIS OF VANCOMYCIN - FORMATION OF BIPHENYL ETHER BY MACROCYCLIZATION, Tetrahedron letters, 35(45), 1994, pp. 8465-8468
A simple methodology for the construction of D-O-E diphenyl ether 16-m
embered ring system present in Vancomycin by intramolecular dispacemen
t of fluorine by phenoxide reaction is described.