Kc. Nicolaou et al., Total synthesis of everninomicin 13,384-1 - Part 3: Synthesis of the DE fragment and completion of the total synthesis, CHEM-EUR J, 6(17), 2000, pp. 3149-3165
The stereoselective construction of the DE fragment (2) of everninomicin 13
,384-1 (1) is reported. From the two possible ways of inserting the DE frag
ment between the A(1)B(A)C and FGHA(2) domains of the natural product, the
sequence involving the DEFGHA(2) segment was found to be the most viable. T
his coupling was followed by attachment of a suitably protected and activat
ed A(1)B(A)C fragment which led, after orthoester construction and final de
protection to the targeted everninomicin 13,384-1 (1), completing the total
synthesis of this complex naturally occurring substance.