A. Zampella et Mv. D'Auria, Studies towards the synthesis of superstolide A. Synthesis and stereochemical assignment of the C(21)-C(26) fragment of superstolide A, TETRAHEDR-A, 12(11), 2001, pp. 1543-1545
An asymmetric synthesis of the C(21) C(26) fragment of superstolide A is de
scribed. A fragment, corresponding to a reductive ozonolysis product of sup
erstolide, as also prepared. Comparison of spectroscopic and optical proper
ties of the corresponding fragment obtained by degraduation of natural supe
rstolide A allowed the confirmation of the stereochemistry of the natural p
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