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Asymmetric total syntheses of solandelactones E and F confirmed that hydroxyl configuration at C11 in these oxylipins had been misassignedand that the stereochemistry at this center should be reversed. Key steps in the synthesis involved a Nagao asymmetric acetate aldol reaction,a directed
Simmons-Smith cyclopropanation, a Holmes-Claisen rearrangement to establish the unsaturated octalactone, and a Nozaki-Hiyama-Kishi coupling to connect two ma
jor fragments at C11-C12.