Organic Chemistry
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ISBN: 9781305580350
Author: William H. Brown, Brent L. Iverson, Eric Anslyn, Christopher S. Foote
Publisher: Cengage Learning
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Chapter 24, Problem 24.17P
The following transformation involves a series of four consecutive Heck reactions and the formation of the four-ring steroid nucleus (Section 26.4) as a racemic mixture. Propose structural formulas for the palladium-containing intermediates involved in this reaction.
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