Abstract
Treatment of the 5-benzyloxy-4-methylpent-2-enyl bromide 6 with the low valent bismuth species formed by reduction of bismuth(III) iodide with zinc powder generates an intermediate, which reacts with aldehydes with useful levels of 1,5-stereocontrol in favour of the 1,5-anti-(E)-isomers 4. These products were used to prepared aliphatic compounds with 1,5-syn-related methyl groups. © 2004 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 6779-6782 |
Number of pages | 3 |
Journal | Tetrahedron Letters |
Volume | 45 |
Issue number | 36 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 30 Aug 2004 |