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SYNTHESIS OF LIPOXIN B
Morris, Joel,Wishka, Donn G.
, p. 803 - 806 (2007/10/02)
The synthesis of four isomers of 5,14,15-triHETE is reported.The key step is the coupling of acetylene 11 (or 19) with epoxide 7 to afford alcohol 12 (or 20).Natural lipoxin B is found to correspond to a mixture of 14R-8-cis-1 14R-8-trans-3 and 14S-8-tran
A STEREOCONTROLLED AND EFFECTIVE SYNTHESIS OF LEUKOTRIENE B (1).
Corey, E. J.,Marfat, Anthony,Munroe, John,Kim, Kwan Soo,Hopkins, Paul B.,Brion, Francis
, p. 1077 - 1080 (2007/10/02)
An efficient synthesis of leukotriene B (1) is reported which renders this important substance accessible in quantity.The process is convergent and includes a novel method for stereospecific generation of the conjugated triene unit.
