Chemoenzymatic, enantiocomplementary, total asymmetric synthesis of leukotrienes-B3 and -B4

Abstract

The ketone 3 has been resolved using various enzyme-catalysed reactions and the enantiomer (+)-3 was transformed into the benzoate 8 while (–)-3 was converted into the esters 10 and 11; compounds 8 and 10 are complementary sections of leukotriene B4 while compounds 8 and 11 are late-stage synthons for leukotriene B3.