Total synthesis of octalactin A via ring
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Keith R Buszek; Nagaaki Sato; Youngmee Jeong
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Article
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2002
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Elsevier Science
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French
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A new total synthesis of the novel lactone natural product octalactin A is described. The key step involves the facile construction of the eight-membered lactone core via ring-closing metathesis (RCM). This oxocene was elaborated to give the powerful antitumor agent octalactin A.