Coupling of C
9-14 (
4) and C
15-21 (
5a) fragments to produce the
cis-trisubstituted olefin was achieved using Suzuki-type couplingconditions employed by Marshall (
5a/
tert-BuLi/B-OMe-9-BBNadded to
4/Cs
2CO
3/Pd(dppf)
2). The terminal (
Z)-diene moietywas attached to aldehyde
10 by using a sequential Nozaki-Hiyama allylation and Peterson olefination sequence; carefulmonitoring of the disappearance of both diastereomeric
-hydroxysilanes was found to be essential for achieving a high yield.In the oxidation of alcohols
12 and
16 to
13 and
7, respectively,using iodobenzene diacetate and TEMPO, addition of a traceof water was found to be crucial for complete conversion. TheC
8-9 (
Z)-olefin functionality was introduced on to aldehyde
13using a Still-Gennari HWE reaction. Subsequent carbamateinstallation at C-19 followed by a reduction/oxidation sequencegave the title fragment C
7-24 (
7) ready to be coupled with theC
1-6 fragment, which is described in Part 2 of this series.