Synthesis of the Right Half of Mycalamide A. A Formal Total Synthesis

Article abstract of DOI:10.1016/0040-4039(94)88289-4

The right half 5 of Mycalamide A (1) was synthesized via α,β-unsaturated ketone 11 which was prepared starting from (S)-malic acid or (R)- and (S)-pantolactones, stereoselectively.