A facile total synthesis of nonsymmetrical 14-membered macrocyclic bis-lactone, 4-ketoclonostachydiol
has been demonstrated in a convergent approach. The synthetic strategy has been unambiguously
successful towards incorporating all the three stereogenic centers present in the
molecule with an overall yield of 0.9%. The key synthetic step includes MacMillan
hydroxylation and Grubbs ring-closing metathesis reactions to furnish the core skeleton.
Key words
marine natural product - 14-membered macrocycle - clonostachydiol - Grubbs II catalyst
- total synthesis