Synthesis of 16-desmethylepothilone B: improved methodology for the rapid, highly selective and convergent construction of epothilone B and analogues

Abstract

During a synthesis of 16-desmethylepothilone B new methods for the convergent and highly stereoselective synthesis of epothilone B and analogues were developed.

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