Jr. Hauske et Sm. Julin, SYNTHESIS OF NONPEPTIDE SCAFFOLDING DOMAINS VIA A TOTALLY STEREOSELECTIVE IODOLACTONIZATION PROTOCOL, Tetrahedron letters, 34(31), 1993, pp. 4909-4912
Exposure of the chiral, non-racemic, allylic ester 7 to LDA/TMSCl prov
ides acid 8 and subsequent iodolactonization of 8 provides one lactone
(9) with total stereoselectivity. X-ray analysis of the corresponding
alpha-methylbenzylamides of 8 and 9 confirmed the absolute stereochem
istry of the trans-anti-trans lactone (9). The synthesis is completed
by treatment of 9 with the enolate of t-butyl acetate affording tetrah
ydrofuranyl derivative 12.