Efficient and selective synthesis of 6,7-Dehydrostipiamide via Zr-catalyzed asymmetric carboalumination and Pd-catalyzed cross-coupling of organozincs.

[structure: see text] 6,7-Dehydrostipiamide has been synthesized in 23% yield in 15 steps in the longest linear sequence through the application of the Zr-catalyzed asymmetric carboalumination and the Pd-catalyzed organozinc cross-coupling in addition to the Brown crotylboration, the Corey-Peterson olefination, and the Corey-Fuchs reaction for carbon-carbon bond formation.