Y. Sridhar and P. Srihari
Org. Biomol. Chem., 2014,12, 2950-2959
DOI:
10.1039/C4OB00025K,
Paper
A flexible stereoselective approach to the common C1–C14 skeleton present in natural products of the pseudomonic acid family is described. The strategy has been extended and the total synthesis of pseudomonic acid methyl monate C was achieved. The key synthetic reactions utilized include Achmatowicz rearrangement, Johnson–Claisen rearrangement, Julia–Kocienski olefination, and Horner–Wadsworth–Emmons olefination reaction.