Enantioselective formal synthesis of the marine macrolide (−)-callyspongiolide†
Abstract
A short enantioselective synthesis of the macrocyclic core 19 of callyspongiolide, involving a homocrotylboration of aldehyde 4, a Still–Genari olefination, an esterification with alcohol 17, and a ring-closing metathesis, is reported.