Organocatalyzed C-C Ring Construction: The Ikeuchi/Tanino Synthesis of Coriamytrin
Rong-Jie Chein of the Academia Sinica, Taipei used the known (S)-(thiolan-2-yl) diphenylmethanol benzyl ether to catalyze the Johnson-Corey-Chaykovsky cyclopropanation of the enone 1 with the allylic bromide 2 to give…