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USE OF t-BUTYL 4-DIETHYLPHOSPHONO-3-OXOBUTANETHIOATE FOR TETRAMIC ACID SYNTHESIS: TOTAL SYNTHESIS OF THE PLASMODIAL PIGMENT FULIGORUBIN A
Ley, Steven V.,Smith, Stephen C.,Woodward, Peter R.
, p. 5829 - 5832 (1988)
A short, efficient synthesis of the yellow slime mould pigment fuligorubin A (I) has been achieved using coupling of t-butyl 4-diethylphosphono-3-oxobutanethioate with deca-2,4,6,8-tetraenal and subsequent substitution with a glutamic acid derivative followed by Dieckmann cyclisation.