The Use of the Stille Cross-Coupling Reaction in the Prenylation of Naphthoquinones

Pascal Habonimana; Sven Claessens; Norbert De Kimpe

doi:10.3390/ecsoc-9-01485

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The Use of the Stille Cross-Coupling Reaction in the Prenylation of Naphthoquinones

Pascal Habonimana

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Sven Claessens

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Norbert De Kimpe

¹ Department of Organic Chemistry, Faculty of Bioscience Engineering, Ghent University, Belgium

Published: 01 November 2005 by MDPI in The 9th International Electronic Conference on Synthetic Organic Chemistry session General Organic Synthesis

https://doi.org/10.3390/ecsoc-9-01485

Abstract: Prenylation reactions are important reactions in natural product chemistry. The Stille reaction was evaluated for the prenylation of naphthoquinones and applied to the synthesis of the natural product 2,3-bis-(3-methylbut-2-enyl)-1,4-naphthoquinone.

Keywords: naphthoquinones; prenylation; Stille reaction; Tabebuia guayacan

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