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Synthesis and Biological Evaluation of Dihydroeptastatin, a Novel Inhibitor of 3-Hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl Coenzyme A Reductase
Bone, Elizabeth A.,Davidson, Alan H.,Lewis, Christopher N.,Todd, Richard S.
, p. 3388 - 3393 (2007/10/02)
The total synthesis of the novel hydroxylated HMG-CoA reductase inhibitor dihydroeptastasin (7) is described.The key C-3 hydroxyl group is introduced via Baeyer-Villiger reaction on the methyl ketone 17 which is obtained in three high-yielding steps from
