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(DTBMP) to form fused bis(pyran) product 26 (Scheme 15.9). On the other hand,
when TMSOTf is used the exo -mode of oxacyclization takes place to furnish
product 27 [82].
Scheme 15.9
Divergent oxacyclization of tris-epoxide 25.
In 2000, Corey and coworkers reported an enantioselective total synthesis of
glabrescol ( 32 ) and its structure elucidation (Scheme 15.10) [83, 84]. Tetraene 29
was epoxidized with ketone 1 to give tetraepoxide 30, which underwent acid-
catalyzed cyclization to form tetraol 31. Glabrescol ( 32 ) was obtained in two steps
from tetraol 31. In 2007, Jamison and coworkers reported on epoxide-opening
cascades promoted by water at 70 °C [85]. Under the reaction conditions, formation
of desired tetrahydropyran is favored over the formation of tetrahydrofuran. The
Scheme 15.10
Synthesis of glabrescol ( 32 ).
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