TY - JOUR T1 - First asymmetric total synthesis of aspinolide A JF - Tetrahedron Letters Y1 - 2009 A1 - Chowdhury, Partha Sarathi A1 - Gupta, Priti A1 - Kumar, Pradeep KW - Decanolides KW - epoxides KW - Hydrolytic kinetic resolution KW - Ring-closing metathesis AB -

The first total synthesis of aspinolide A has been achieved using ring-closing metathesis as a key step. The stereogenic centers were generated by means of hydrolytic kinetic resolution (HKR) of racemic epoxides. (C) 2009 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

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