Asymmetric synthesis of pentenomycin I, epipentenomycin I, and their analogs

Article abstract of DOI:10.1016/j.tet.2008.04.089

The synthetic utility of the intramolecular acylation of α-sulfinyl carbanions as an efficient and general synthetic approach for the preparation of (-)-pentenomycin I (1) and (-)-epipentenomycin I (5) and their enantiomers (ent-1 and ent-5), starting fro