Article ID Journal Published Year Pages File Type
5220072 Tetrahedron 2012 5 Pages PDF
Abstract

An enantiospecific total synthesis of polyhydroxy δ-pyrone natural product phomopsolide B is accomplished. The main feature of the synthesis is the installation of the required E-olefin by Horner-Emmons-Wordsworth reaction and the formation of the lactone involving Still-Gennari olefination followed by lactonization.

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