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    Schmidt, Bernd; Kunz, Oliver

    Beilstein journal of organic chemistry, 11/2013, Volume: 9, Issue: 1
    Journal Article

    Starting from the conveniently available ex-chiral pool building block ( R , R )-hexa-1,5-diene-3,4-diol, the ten-membered ring lactones stagonolide E and curvulide A were synthesized using a bidirectional olefin-metathesis functionalization of the terminal double bonds. Key steps are (i) a site-selective cross metathesis, (ii) a highly diastereoselective extended tethered RCM to furnish a ( Z , E )-configured dienyl carboxylic acid and (iii) a Ru–lipase-catalyzed dynamic kinetic resolution to establish the desired configuration at C9. Ring closure was accomplished by macrolactonization. Curvulide A was synthesized from stagonolide E through Sharpless epoxidation.