The synthesis of (S)-(+)-gossypol via an asymmetric Ullmann coupling

Abstract

The first asymmetric total synthesis of (S)-(+)-gossypol is described using chiral oxazolines as the naphthyl substituent in a highly diastereoselective aryl–aryl coupling.

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