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A general and facile synthesis of the 3-substituted 10-membered ring enediy
nes 18-22 from the aldehydes 8 and 15 has been established by utilizing the
intramolecular Nozaki-Hiyama-Kishi reaction and the lwanthanide(III)-catal
yzed rearrangement of allylic alkoxyacetates as the key steps. This work pr
ovides ready access to the (E)-3-acyloxy-4-(arylmethylidene)cyclodeca-1,5-d
iynes, which can be converted into the bioactive enediynes under physiologi
cal conditions. (C) 2001 Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved.