title: Total synthesis of potential antitumor agent, (-)-dictyostatin.
abstract: [structure: see text] The potential antitumor agent (-)-dictyostatin has been synthesized utilizing Brown crotylboration to achieve eight of the eleven chiral centers. The yield for the 26-step longest sequence is approximately 4%. The C9-C10 coupling is achieved via a stereoselective vinylzincate addition.
authors.affiliation: Herbert C. Brown Center for Borane Research, Department of Chemistry, Purdue University, 560 Oval Drive, West Lafayette, Indiana 47907-2084, USA. chandran@purdue.edu
authors.forename: P Veeraraghavan
authors.initials: PV
authors.lastname: Ramachandran
authors.forename: Amit
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Srivastava
authors.forename: Debasis
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Hazra
mesh_terms: D000970:Antineoplastic Agents / Q000138:chemical synthesis* / Q000737:chemistry; D018942:Macrolides / Q000138:chemical synthesis* / Q000737:chemistry; D015394:Molecular Structure
chemical_list: D000970:Antineoplastic Agents; D018942:Macrolides; C470814:dictyostatin