Chemistry Letters, Vol.39, No.2, 108-109, 2010
Reductive Etherification under Microfluidic Conditions: Application to Practical Synthesis of the FGHIJ-Ring System of Yessotoxin
Reductive etherification, a key reaction for constructing the H-ring in the convergent synthesis of the FGHIJ-ring system of yessotoxin, was problematic because the yield dramatically decreased upon increasing the scale of the reaction. This issue was solved by the use of a microflow reactor, and a grain scale reaction was successfully performed.