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Carbohydrate-based routes to salicylate natural products: Formal total synthesis of (+)-apicularen A from D-glucal
Lewis, Arwel,Stefanuti, Ian,Swain, Simon A.,Smith, Stephen A.,Taylor, Richard J.K.
, p. 5549 - 5552 (2007/10/03)
A synthesis of apicularen analogue (-)-4 in 18 steps from D-glucal is reported. As (+)-4 has been converted into apicularen A in 8 steps, this constitutes a formal total synthesis of this potent naturally occurring anti-cancer agent.
