Boron-Zinc Exchange in the Diastereoselective Arylation of Sugar-Based Aldehydes: Stereoselective Synthesis of (+)-7-epi-Goniofufurone and Analogues -[81 refs.]. -(WOUTERS, A. D.; BESSA, A. B.; SACHINI, M.; WESSJOHANN, L. A.; LUEDTKE*, D. S.; Synthesis 45 (2013) 16, 2222-2233, http://dx.

The substrate-controlled diastereoselective arylation of chiral aldehydes readily available from carbohydrates is described, using the boron-zinc exchange reaction to generate the transferable aryl groups. The methodology developed was applied to the total synthesis of the styryllactone (+)-7-epi-goniofufurone and analogues thereof.