Synfacts, Table of Contents Synfacts 2014; 10(11): 1121DOI: 10.1055/s-0034-1379225 Synthesis of Natural Products and Potential Drugs © Georg Thieme Verlag Stuttgart · New YorkFormal Synthesis of Rosuvastatin and Pitavastatin Authors Contributor(s): Philip Kocienski Recommend Article Abstract Buy Article(opens in new window)Key words Key wordsrosuvastatin - pitavastatin - HMG-CoA reductase inhibitors - statins - Wittig reaction - Julia–Kocienski olefination Full Text