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A convergent synthesis of (+)-cryptophycin B, a potent antitumor macrolide from Nostoc sp. cyanobacteria.
Ghosh,Bischoff
, p. 1573 - 1575 (2000)
[structure--see text] An efficient and highly stereoselective synthesis of cryptophycin B (2), a potent cytotoxic agent, is described. The ester-derived titanium-enolate-mediated syn-aldol reaction was employed to generate the stereocenters C(5) and C(6). The route is convergent and provides a convenient access to the synthesis of structural variants of cryptophycin B as well as members of its family.
