Abstract
Various functionalized steroidal side chains were conveniently accessed by a modified Julia olefination strategy using a common sulfone donor and an appropriate α-branched aldehyde acceptor. For the coupling of these hindered classes of reaction partners (and in contrast to typically observed trends), the benzothiazolyl(BT)-sulfone anion gave superior outcomes compared to the phenyltetrazolyl(PT)-sulfone anion.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 703-705 |
Number of pages | 3 |
Journal | Organic Letters |
Volume | 13 |
Issue number | 4 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Feb 18 2011 |