REGIOSELECTIVE BROMINATION: AN APPROACH TO THE D-RING OF THE GILVOCARCINS1

摘要

A method for the regioselective ortho-bromination of unsymmetrically protected 3,5-dihydroxybenzoic acid esters has been developed. The route involves protecting group optimization studies to attain high regioselectivity for the ortho-bromination. Pd-catalyzed stannation and boration were performed to construct the D-ring coupling partners for the synthesis of gilvocarcin analogs.