Olefinations potassium hexamethyldisilazide

Hydrogenation of olefin 4, followed by 0-desilylation and 0-tosylation next procured tosylate 3, which cyclised readily when exposed to excess potassium hexamethyldisilazide. Elaboration of the ketophosphonate side chain of 20 was accomplished by condensing ester 2 with the lithiated anion of dimethyl methylphosphonate. After concurrent removal of the 1,3-dioxolane acetal and the MOM ether from 20, the resulting secondary alcohol was oxidised with pyridinium chlorochromate (PCC) to produce methyl ketone 1. 

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