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SUBMITTER: Trost BM
PROVIDER: S-EPMC2791108 | biostudies-literature | 2009 Dec
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Journal of the American Chemical Society 20091201 47
Laulimalide is a structurally unique 20-membered marine macrolide displaying microtubule stabilizing activity similar to that of paclitaxel and the epothilones. The use of atom-economical transformations such as a Rh-catalyzed cycloisomerization to form the endocyclic dihydropyran, a dinuclear Zn-catalyzed asymmetric glycolate aldol reaction to prepare the syn 1,2-diol, and an intramolecular Ru-catalyzed alkene-alkyne coupling to build the macrocycle enabled us to synthesize laulimalide via an e ...[more]