Organic Division I, Indian Institute of Chemical Technology, Hyderabad 500 607, India
Abstract:
The first total synthesis of a 10-membered macrolide, stagonolide E is described from readily available 4-penten-1-ol. The synthetic strategy involves Jacobsen’s kinetic resolution, Sharpless epoxidation, Stille-Gennari, and Yamaguchi lactonization as key reactions.