Elaboration of an Advanced Intermediate Toward the Synthesis of the Pulmoside

question 30

Essay

Elaboration of an advanced intermediate toward the synthesis of the pulmoside aglycon is shown below. Give the structures of the intermediates A-C. (J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2013, 135, 2501.)

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