Yphenyl) cyclohepta-2,6-dienyl)methanol 17 was ready from pacetoxystyrene in accordance with the
Yphenyl) cyclohepta-2,6-dienyl)methanol 17 was ready from pacetoxystyrene in accordance with the literature procedure.28 This involved cross metathesis with (1-methoxycarbonyl-2-vinyl-3-pentene- 1,5-diyl)Fe(CO)three (21), followed by oxidatively induced reductive elimination. Reduction on the…