An enantioselective synthesis of (-)-stemoamide has been achieved in 14 steps starting from pyroglutamyl alcohol in ca. 7% overall yield. The key steps in the strategy are a conjugate addition of a vinyl copper reagent and a ring closing metathesis (RCM) reaction to form the seven-membered ring.
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Sibi et al. (2004) studied this question.