K. C. Nicolaou, Sacha Ninkovic, M. Ray V. Finlay, Francisco Sarabia and Tianhu Li
A series of 26-substituted epothilones B (3, 22, 23a–n and 24a–h,j–l,o) have been constructed by total synthesis involving a selective Wittig olefination, an aldol reaction and a macrolactonization as key steps.