Heteroaromatics: The Okano Synthesis of Lamellarin Z
Christopher Uyeda of Purdue University reduced 1 to the intermediate vinylidene (also termed "alkylidene") carbene, that cyclized to the furan 2 (ACS Catal. 2021, 11, 193. DOI: 10.1021/acscatal.0c04713). Xinhao Zhang…