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Total synthesis of curacin A
Hoemann, Michael Z.,Agrios, Konstantinos A.,Aube, Jeffrey
, p. 953 - 956 (1996)
Curacin A (1) was synthesized in a convergent manner. The key steps were (1) a Julia coupling to establish the stereochemistry of the C(7-10) diene, (2) a Wittig reaction to establish the stereochemistry of the C(3-4) alkene, and (3) a dehydrative cyclization to form the thiazoline ring system.
Total synthesis of (+)-curacin A, a marine cytotoxic agent
Hoemann, Michael Z.,Agrios, Konstantinos A.,Aube, Jeffrey
, p. 11087 - 11098 (2007/10/03)
The total synthesis of curacin A, a cytotoxic agent that interacts with the colchicine binding site on tubulin, is described. The convergent synthesis utilizes natural product and chiral pool starting materials (geraniol, serine) and asymmetric synthesis
