Abstract
Copper iodide was utilized as a relatively inexpensive catalyst for the synthesis of podocarpic acid ether derivatives in excellent yields through the one-step cross-coupling reaction of methyl 13-iodo-O-methylpodocarpate with alcohols.
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
This work was supported by the Chemistry Department of the University of Central Florida. The authors thank the Nebraska Center for Mass Spectrometry for providing the MS data.