Volume 45, Issue 43 pp. 7258-7262
Communication

Synthesis of the C31–C67 Fragment of Amphidinol 3

Javier de Vicente Dr.

Javier de Vicente Dr.

Department of Chemistry, University of California, Irvine, 1102 Natural Sciences 2, Irvine, CA 92697-2025, USA, Fax: (+1) 949-824-6379

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John R. Huckins

John R. Huckins

Department of Chemistry, University of California, Irvine, 1102 Natural Sciences 2, Irvine, CA 92697-2025, USA, Fax: (+1) 949-824-6379

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Scott D. Rychnovsky Prof.

Scott D. Rychnovsky Prof.

Department of Chemistry, University of California, Irvine, 1102 Natural Sciences 2, Irvine, CA 92697-2025, USA, Fax: (+1) 949-824-6379

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First published: 30 October 2006
Citations: 45

This study was supported by the National Institutes of General Medicine (GM 43854). J.d.V. acknowledges the Spanish Ministry of Education and Science for a postdoctoral fellowship.

Graphical Abstract

A tetrahydropyran intermediate, prepared from (−)-diethyl tartrate, was used to assemble the C31–C67 fragment of amphidinol 3. Both of the tetrahydropyran rings in the natural product were prepared from this intermediate. The polyene segment was assembled with high selectivity.

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