Ea. Couladouros et Ic. Soufli, SYNTHESIS OF COMBRETASTATIN D-2 - AN EFFICIENT ROUTE TO CAFFRANE MACROLACTONES, Tetrahedron letters, 35(25), 1994, pp. 4409-4412
Combretastatin D-2, (1), was synthesized via a 10 step sequence. Macro
lactonization was performed on saturated substrate 12 in high yield an
d the double bond was established via dehalogenation of intermediate 1
5.