title: Synthesis of (-)-octalactin a by a strategic vanadium-catalyzed oxidative kinetic resolution.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA 94720-1460, USA.
authors.forename: Alexander T
authors.initials: AT
authors.lastname: Radosevich
authors.forename: Vincent S
authors.initials: VS
authors.lastname: Chan
authors.forename: Hui-Wen
authors.initials: HW
authors.lastname: Shih
authors.forename: F Dean
authors.initials: FD
authors.lastname: Toste
mesh_terms: D000970:Antineoplastic Agents / Q000138:chemical synthesis*; D002384:Catalysis; D007700:Kinetics; D007783:Lactones / Q000138:chemical synthesis*; D010084:Oxidation-Reduction; D013237:Stereoisomerism; D014639:Vanadium / Q000737:chemistry*
chemical_list: D000970:Antineoplastic Agents; D007783:Lactones; C509476:octalactin A; D014639:Vanadium