posted on 2023-06-07, 20:37authored byPhilip J Parsons, Lewis Pennicott, James Eshelby, Matthias Goessmann, Adrian Highton, Peter Hitchcock
(Chemical Equation Presented) An ester enolate rearrangement/silicon mediated fragmentation cascade was used to convert 7 and 8 into the alcohol 9. The alcohol 9 was converted into the allylic alcohol 12 and then to the ester 14. A further ester enolate rearrangement furnished the stereochemical identity of galbonolide B 1. Base mediated macrocyclization of the acetate ester 16 followed by base mediated alkylation and acetal deprotection gave galbonolide B 1
A novel approach to the synthesis of Galbonolide, all synthetic work carried at Sussex in the laboratory of the principle and corresponding author PJP. The project also involved, two industrial collaborators as co authors.