Y. Queneau et al., NOZAKI-KISHI REACTION OF CROTONATES AS A SOURCE OF COMPLEX DIENOPHILES - APPLICATION TO THE B-SECO TAXANE SERIES, Bulletin de la Societe chimique de France, 130(3), 1993, pp. 358-370
The Nozaki-Kishi coupling reaction between aldehyde 10 and 3-iodo-(E)-
crotonate derivatives is used to produce functionalized allylic alcoho
ls which served as precursors of highly substituted enones. Diels-Alde
r reactions of various dienophiles derived from this chemistry, with 1
-methoxy-3-trimethylsilyloxybuta-1,3-diene are described. In this way,
highly oxygenated B-seco taxane derivatives are obtained in a concise
fashion.