New protocols for the selective protection of the C(7) and C(10) hydro
xyl groups of 10-deacetyl baccatin III are described, leading to more
efficient semisyntheses of taxol and taxol analogs. The C(10) hydroxyl
group of 10-DAB can be highly selectively acylated or silylated, and
subsequent selective protection of the C(7) hydroxyl group then become
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