<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><xml><records><record><source-app name="Biblio" version="7.x">Drupal-Biblio</source-app><ref-type>17</ref-type><contributors><authors><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Chavan, Subhash P.</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Praveen, C.</style></author></authors></contributors><titles><title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Stereoselective synthesis of (-)-microcarpalide</style></title><secondary-title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Tetrahedron Letters</style></secondary-title></titles><keywords><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">4-diol</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">cis-2-butene-1</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Claisen ortho ester rearrangement</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">microcarpalide</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Ring-closing metathesis</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">sharpless asymmetric dihydroxylation</style></keyword></keywords><dates><year><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2005</style></year><pub-dates><date><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">MAR</style></date></pub-dates></dates><number><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">11</style></number><publisher><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD</style></publisher><pub-location><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">THE BOULEVARD, LANGFORD LANE, KIDLINGTON, OXFORD OX5 1GB, ENGLAND</style></pub-location><volume><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">46</style></volume><pages><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">1939-1941</style></pages><language><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">eng</style></language><abstract><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">&lt;p&gt;A highly convergent and efficient synthesis of (-)-microcarpalide, a 10-membered lactone displaying remarkable microfilament disrupting activity is described. Ring-closing metathesis and Sharpless asymmetric dihydroxylations are the key steps. Our strategy highlights the application of novel hydroxy lactone precursors for the stereoselective synthesis of (-)-microcarpalide. (C) 2005 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.&lt;/p&gt;</style></abstract><issue><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">11</style></issue><work-type><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Article</style></work-type><custom3><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Foreign</style></custom3><custom4><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2.347</style></custom4></record></records></xml>