L. Barriault et P. Deslongchamps, SYNTHESIS OF 17-MEMBERED RING MACROCYCLE - STUDIES TOWARD THE ENANTIOSELECTIVE SYNTHESIS OF FUSIDIC ACID, Bulletin de la Societe chimique de France, 134(10-11), 1997, pp. 969-980
The synthesis of a 17-membered carbocycle by macrocyclization with a c
hloroketone is reported. Attempts to produce a tetracyclic intermediat
e for the synthesis of fusidic acid from the transannular aldol and Di
els-Alder reactions on this key macrocyclic triene are described.