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A B Smith1, P R Verhoest, K P Minbiole, J J Lim.
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[formula: see text] In this, the first of two letters, we outline our overall strategy for the total synthesis of phorboxazoles A (1) and B (2), rare oxazole-containing macrolides possessing extraordinary antimitotic activity, and describe the assembly of a C(3-19) subtarget (-)-5 for the total synthesis of phorboxazole A. The synthesis of (-)-5 was achieved in 15 linear steps (12% overall yield), exploiting a modification of the Petasis-Ferrier rearrangement to construct the C(11-15) cis-tetrahydropyran. Dimethylaluminum chloride (Me2AlCl) proved to be the Lewis acid of choice for the Petasis-Ferrier rearrangement.Entities:
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Year: 1999 PMID: 10823221 DOI: 10.1021/ol990830l
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Org Lett ISSN: 1523-7052 Impact factor: 6.005