Ka. Parker et At. Georges, Reductive aromatization of quinols: Synthesis of the C-arylglycoside nucleus of the papulacandins and chaetiacandin, ORG LETT, 2(4), 2000, pp. 497-499
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Nucleophilic 1,2-addition of lithiated glycal 9b to functionalized quinone
7 provided, after reductive aromatization, C-arylglycoside 11b. Treatment w
ith mCPBA afforded the tricyclic papulacandin framework. Alternatively, hyd
roboration gave the chaetiacandin nucleus.