title: An expedient total synthesis of (-)-dactylolide and formal synthesis of (-)-zampanolide.
abstract: [reaction: see text] A highly convergent and efficient total synthesis of (-)-dactylolide and formal synthesis of (-)-zampanolide is reported.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, The University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, Alabama 35487-0336, USA.
authors.forename: Fei
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Ding
authors.forename: Michael P
authors.initials: MP
authors.lastname: Jennings
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D019086:Bridged Bicyclo Compounds, Heterocyclic / Q000138:chemical synthesis*; D003500:Cyclization; D007783:Lactones / Q000138:chemical synthesis*; D018942:Macrolides / Q000138:chemical synthesis*; D015394:Molecular Structure; D011161:Porifera / Q000737:chemistry; D013237:Stereoisomerism
chemical_list: D019086:Bridged Bicyclo Compounds, Heterocyclic; D007783:Lactones; D018942:Macrolides; C451487:dactylolide; C444900:zampanolide