First total synthesis of (+)-varitriol.
A highly stereoselective total synthesis of (+)-varitriol, an antitumor natural product, has been achieved for the first time from commercially available methyl alpha,D-mannopyranoside and 2,6-dihydroxybenzoic acid.
Kumar
Vikas
V
Division of Medicinal and Process Chemistry, Central Drug Research Institute, Lucknow 226 001, India.
Shaw
Arun K
AK