Two strategies—one goal: Two novel methodologies for the construction of the crowded C8C14 bond of azadirachtin (1) are described. The first approach to this thorny synthetic hurdle utilizes radical chemistry and furnishes model system 2, whereas the second foray employs a nickel-mediated coupling reaction and affords model system 3.
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Nicolaou et al. (2002) studied this question.