Transition Metal-mediated Ring Construction: The Yu Synthesis of 1-Desoxyhypnophilin
Both 1 and 3 are inexpensive prochiral starting materials. Tae-Jong Kim of Kyungpook National University devised (Organomet. 2008, 27, 1026.DOI: 10.1021/om700935m) a chiral Cu catalyst that efficiently converted 1 (other…