Studies relating to the synthesis of laurenenynes: Construction of the alkylidene side chain via [2,3]-Wittig-Still rearrangement at the anomeric center of a furanoside derivative

The construction of the C-6 alkylidene side chain of laurenenynes has been investigated using the [2,3]-Wittig-Still rearrangement at the anomeric position of an appropriate glycofuranoside derivative, followed by further chemical transformations.