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Synfacts 2008(3): 0230-0230  
DOI: 10.1055/s-2008-1042659
Synthesis of Natural Products and Potential Drugs
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Formal Synthesis of Leucascandrolide A

Contributor(s): Philip Kocienski, Indu Dager
H. H. Jung, J. R. Seiders, II, P. E. Floreancig*
University of Pittsburgh, USA
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21 February 2008 (online)

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Significance

Isolated from the sponge Leucascandra caveolata, leucascandrolide is an antifungal macrolide which possesses cytotoxic activity. The key step in the synthesis was an electron-transfer-initiated cyclization (ETIC) of E involving an oxidative cleavage of a benzylic C-C bond to form oxocarbenium ion F followed by cyclization to give a single stereoisomer of G.