Synthetic studies towards the total synthesis of providencin

Schweizer, Eliane; Gaich, Tanja; Brecker, Lothar; Mulzer, Johann

Synthesis  (2007),   (24),  3807-3814.

A synthetic approach to assemble the uncommon furylcyclobutane substructure in providencin has been developed starting from a commercially available cyclobutane precursor.