(+)-Fostriecin and (+)-phoslactomycin B, which
are potent and selective inhibitors of protein phosphatase, were
synthesized by a highly enantio- and stereoselective approach that
enabled us to prepare all possible isomers at both the C11 secondary
alcohol position and the Δ¹²-double
bond.
antibiotics - fostriecin - phoslactomycin - total synthesis