@article {2589, title = {Synthetic Studies toward Sordarin: Building Blocks for the Terpenoid Core and for Analogues Thereof}, journal = {Journal of Organic Chemistry}, volume = {74}, number = {4}, year = {2009}, note = {ISI Document Delivery No.: 406TATimes Cited: 2Cited Reference Count: 73Schule, Arnaud Liang, Huan Vors, Jean-Pierre Ciufolini, Marco A.}, month = {Feb}, pages = {1587-1597}, type = {Article}, abstract = {Avenues to bi- and tricyclic building blocks for the elaboration of sordaricin and its analogues are described. The target molecules were obtained through inter- and intramolecular Diels-Alder reactions of a number of previously unknown cyclopentadienes. Unusual properties of 3-cyanoenones and 1-cyanocyclopentadienes have been unveiled and circumvented.}, keywords = {ANTIFUNGAL SORDARINS, BAYLIS-HILLMAN REACTION, DERIVATIVES, ELONGATION-FACTOR 2, ENOLATE FORMATION, FUNGAL PROTEIN-SYNTHESIS, KETONE ENOLIZATION, LITHIUM DIALKYLAMIDES, RING-CLOSURE, SODIUM-BOROHYDRIDE}, isbn = {0022-3263}, url = {://000263316600020}, author = {Schule, A. and Liang, H. and Vors, J. P. and Ciufolini,Marco A.} }