Water → HCID 86587860, compound

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Reaction Steps

N-Bromoacetamide (211 mg, 1.5 mmol) is added to a stirred solution of the 5,14-diene (23) (500 mg, 1.34 mmol) in acetone (100 ml), acetic acid (2.5 ml), and water (5 ml) at 0° C. After 15 min sodium sulphite (5% soln, 50 ml) is added to the reaction mixture. The acetone is evaporated, and the aqueous layer extracted with dichloromethane (3×50 ml). The organic layer is dried (MgSO4), filtered and evaporated. Pyridine (1 ml) is added to the product, and stirred for 0.5 h. Dichloromethane (100 ml) is then added to the reaction mixture, and the dichloromethane is washed with citric acid (5% soln, 3×100 ml), saturated sodium bicarbonate (50 ml), and water (50 ml). The organic layer is dried (MgSO4), filtered and evaporated to give the mixture of 14,15- and 5,6-epoxides (360 mg, 69%) as a white foam. The mixture of epoxides could not be separated by silica gel column chromatography.

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