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Disorazole through cross metathesis

Posted by naturalproductman on November 8, 2014

Hoveyda and co-workers from Boston College have reported in JACS on a Z-selective cross coupling to access this C2-symmetric molecule – using alkenyl boronate and alkenyl iodide moieties.
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JACS paper

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