Sp. Rao et al., TOWARDS THE TOTAL SYNTHESIS OF RHIZOXIN - STEREOSELECTIVE BUILDUP OF THE C-12-C-18 SUBUNIT, Indian journal of chemistry. Sect. B: organic chemistry, including medical chemistry, 33(9), 1994, pp. 820-824
Asymmetric synthesis of the C-12-C18 fragment of rhizoxin (1) is descr
ibed employing a strategy involving diastereoselective addition of ach
iral two-carbon nucleophiles to chiral carbonyl substrates.