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Lissoclinolide, 1, which is an antibiotic butenolide isolated front a
Tunicate, has been synthesized stereoselectively by a reaction sequenc
e in which the Ag(I)-catalyzed lactonization of (2E,6E)-2-bromo-8-hydr
oxy-2,6-octadien-4-ynoic acid, (E,E)-13, and the Pd/Cu-catalyzed cross
-coupling reaction of so obtained o-5-[(E)-4-hydroxy-2-butenylidene]-5
H-furan-2-one, (Z,E)-14, with (E)-3-hydroxyl-1-propenyltributylstannan
e, 15, have been used as the key steps. (C) 1998 Elsevier Science Ltd.
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