title: Total synthesis of the mycolactones.
abstract: [structure: see text] The first total synthesis of the mycolactones is reported. This work unambiguously confirms our earlier relative and absolute stereochemical assignment of the mycolactones.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Harvard University, 12 Oxford Street, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138, USA.
authors.forename: Fengbin
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Song
authors.forename: Steve
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Fidanze
authors.forename: Andrew B
authors.initials: AB
authors.lastname: Benowitz
authors.forename: Yoshito
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Kishi
mesh_terms: D007202:Indicators and Reagents; D007783:Lactones / Q000138:chemical synthesis* / Q000737:chemistry; D018942:Macrolides; D009682:Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy; D008968:Molecular Conformation; D019911:Mycobacterium ulcerans / Q000737:chemistry*
chemical_list: D007202:Indicators and Reagents; D007783:Lactones; D018942:Macrolides; C451488:mycolactone A; C451489:mycolactone B