Journal of the American Chemical Society, Vol.129, No.48, 14872-14872, 2007
Total synthesis of (-)-okilactomycin
A highly convergent synthesis of (-)-okilactomycin is described. Key reactions of this synthesis include a strategy-level diastereoselective oxy-Cope rearrangement/oxidation sequence, a Petasis-Ferrier union/rearrangement tactic, and an efficient RCM reaction to construct the 13-membered macrocyclic ring.