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[reaction: see text] The unstable N-((1E)-alkenyl)-(2Z,4Z)-heptadienamide side chain of salicylihalamide A (1) and apicularens A and B (3 and 4) has been prepared in one pot by the addition of (1Z,3Z)-hexadienylcuprate, prepared in situ from EtLi, CuBr.SMe2, and acetylene, to a (1 E)-alkenyl isocyanate.
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