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SUBMITTER: Hanessian S
PROVIDER: S-EPMC514423 | biostudies-literature | 2004 Aug
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 20040621 33
The total synthesis of the marine cyclodepsipeptide (-)-doliculide is described. An acyclic (2S,4S,6R)-trimethyl alkanoic acid precursor to the "hydrocarbon" portion of doliculide was synthesized starting with l-ascorbic acid based on a stereocontrolled iterative conjugate addition of lithium dimethylcuprate to acyclic delta-Cmethyl alpha,beta-unsaturated ester derivatives. syn/syn selectivity was achieved by relying on 1,3-induction in preferred folded conformations that avoid 1,5-syn-pentane i ...[more]