Christopher A Leclair et al.
Tetrahedron letters, 51(52), 6852-6855 (2011-04-26)
A total synthesis of LL-Z1640-2 (2), a potent and selective kinase inhibitor, has been completed. The key step of the convergent synthesis utilized a late-stage intramolecular Nozaki-Hiyama-Kishi (NHK) reaction to close the macrocycle at the C6'-C7' bond.