R. Bellingham et al., SYNTHETIC APPROACHES TO RAPAMYCIN - SYNTHESIS OF A C10-C26 FRAGMENT VIA A ONE-POT JULIA OLEFINATION REACTION, Synthesis, (2), 1996, pp. 285
Keys steps in a synthesis of the C10-C26 fragment of the immunosuppres
sant Rapamycin include (a) the use of a metallated benzothiazolyl sulf
one in a one-pot Julia olefination to create the C21-C22 alkene stereo
selectively and (b) a diastereoselective acid-catalysed cyclisation of
a hydroxyl function onto a ketenedithioacetal (1,4-asymmetric inducti
on) in order to create the oxane ring and fix the stereochemistry at C
11.