Eine Aldolkondensation ist der Schlüsselschritt bei der linearen Synthese von 23‐Oxa‐Analoga des Antitumorwirkstoffs OSW‐1. Ausgehend von dem industriell hergestellten Steroid 1 wird 2 in acht Stufen mit über 20 % Gesamtausbeute erhalten. Die Verbindung 2 inhibiert das Wachstum von Tumorzellen bis zu 2000‐mal wirksamer als Cisplatin.
Recently, transition-metal-catalyzed C-H functionalization has attracted tremendous interest as a valuable tool for carbon-carbon and carbon-heteroatom bond formation. However, due to the inertness of C(sp 3)-H bonds and the difficulty to achieving high selectivity among the many chemically similar entities in a given molecule, the selective activation of C(sp 3)-H bonds remains a great challenge. The recent progress in transition-metal-catalyzed arylation of unactivated C(sp 3)-H bonds assisted by bidentate directing groups is reviewed, including the scope of reactions, mechanism and synthetic applications.
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