Synthesis of the Eastern Portion of Ajudazol A Based on Stille Coupling and Double Acetylene Carbocupration

A strategy for the synthesis of ajudazol A, an unusual, pharmacologically active metabolite from myxobacteria, based on the Stille cross-coupling of a 2-stannyl-oxazole with a vinyl iodide unit is described; the vinyl halide unit containing a (Z,Z)-diene was prepared in one pot by the double acetylene carbocupration of a functionalized alkyl cuprate followed by trapping with 2,3-dibromopropene.