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An efficient systematic a
pproach to the diversity-oriented synthesis of
polyketides has been develo
ped to
provide both skeletal and stereochemicaldiversity. Each synthetic intermediate is also a desired
polyketide fragment and no
protecting grou
p mani
pulations are required. A first-generation synthesis
provides a 74-membered
polyketide library com
prising six different skeletal classes, each in one to five ste
ps from
pro
pargylic alcohol
precursors. A study of e
poxyol o
pening reactions revealed unusual reactivity trends based on e
poxide configuration.