Title

Generation of molecular complexity from cyclooctatetraene: synthesis of a protected 2-(3′-carboxy-2′-benzoylcyclopentyl)glycine

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

10-2007

Source Publication

Tetrahedron Letters

Abstract

Synthesis of a protected 2-(3′-carboxycyclopentyl)glycine rac-11, possessing four contiguous chiral carbons, was accomplished in six steps (20% yield) from the hydrocarbon cyclooctatetraene.

Comments

Tetrahedron Letters, Vol. 48, No. 44 (2007) pp. 7849-7852. DOI: 10.1016/j.tetlet.2007.08.110