Stereoselective synthesis of spicigeroli
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Eva Falomir; Juan Murga; Miguel Carda; J.Alberto Marco
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Article
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2003
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Elsevier Science
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French
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The first total synthesis of the naturally occurring, cytotoxic lactone spicigerolide is described. The commercially available sugar L-rhamnose was the chiral starting materal. Key steps in the synthesis were an aldehyde two-carbon homologation via the Corey-Fuchs protocol, an asymmetric Brown-type