Pa. Jacobi et al., DIHYDROPYRROMETHENONES BY PD(0)-MEDIATED COUPLING OF IODOPYRROLES ANDACETYLENIC AMIDES - SYNTHESIS OF THE A,B-RING SEGMENT OF PHYTOCHROME, Journal of organic chemistry, 62(9), 1997, pp. 2907-2916
Dihydropyrromethenone derivative 32b, which constitutes the A,B-ring s
egment of phytochrome (6), has been prepared in enantiomerically pure
form beginning with acetylenic amide 47b and iodopyrrole 27. The key s
teps involved the TBAF-catalyzed 5-exo-dig cyclization of the acetylen
ic pyrrole 48b, followed by thia-Mitsunobu inversion of the resulting
alcohol derivative 31b.