HCID 86738185, compound → HCID 12802878, compound

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Reaction Steps

A mixture of cis-(E)-6-[2-(3,5-dichloro-4'-fluoro-2-[1,1'-biphenyl]yl)ethenyl]-3,4,5,6-tetrahydro-4-hydroxy-2H-pyran-2-one (7.6 g, 20 mmole) and mercuric chloride (6 g, 22 mmole) was stirred at gentle reflux in H2O--acetonitrile (1:5; V:V; 120 ml) under N2 for 68 hours. The cooled reaction mixture was then diluted with Et2O (1 liter), washed with H2O (3×500 ml), and brine, dried (MgSO4), filtered and evaporated in vacuo to provide the crude title compound (7 g) as a pale amber gum (56% cis and 44% trans by HPLC).

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