Enantiospecific Syntheses of (+)-Goniofufurone, (+)-7-epi-Goniofufurone, (+)-Goniobutenolide A, (-)-Goniobutenolide B, (+)-Goniopypyrone, (+)-Altholactone, (+)-Goniotriol, and (+)-7-Acetylgoniotriol

Article abstract of DOI:10.1021/jo00115a030

Practical and efficient syntheses of a number of styryl lactones with various structural complexities were accomplished from commercially available and inexpensive D-glycero-D-gulo-heptono-γ-lactone (D-glucoheptonic γ-lactone) (11).Lactone 11 was converte