Total Synthesis of the Protein Phosphatase 2A Inhibitor Lactodehydrothyrsiferol

Abstract

Cascading epoxides: The squalene-derived polyether lactodehydrothyrsiferol (1) has been prepared through a convergent sequence that features an epoxide-opening cascade to construct the tetrahydrofuran and tetrahydropyran subunits. Additional features include a stereodivergent diene diepoxidation, a monodeoxygenation of a triol, and complex fragment couplings through Suzuki and Nozaki–Hiyama–Kishi reactions. Detailed facts of importance to specialist readers are published as ”Supporting Information”. Such documents are peer-reviewed, but not copy-edited or typeset. They are made available as submitted by the authors. Please note: The publisher is not responsible for the content or functionality of any supporting information supplied by the authors. Any queries (other than missing content) should be directed to the corresponding author for the article.