Stereospecific synthesis of (+)-muricatacin: A biologically active acetogenin derivative

Article abstract of DOI:10.1016/0040-4039(91)80528-E

(+)-muricatacin and analogs have been synthesized without ambiguity about the absolute configuration at the C-4 and C-5 centres. The observed [α](D) are reported as well as the results obtained for the cytotoxicity assay with KB and VERO cell lines.