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Synthesis of macrocyclic insect-derived alkaloids
Farmer, Jay J.,Schroeder, Frank C.,Meinwald, Jerrold
, p. 2594 - 2606 (2007/10/03)
Macrocyclic lactonic alkaloids found in the pupal secretions of two species of a coccinellid beetle (genus Epilachna) were prepared in enantiomerically pure form via an efficient synthetic route using enantiomerically pure α-amino acids as chiral-pool starting materials. Macrocycles with rings containing up to 98 atoms were synthesized in good yield using Mukaiyama's macrolactonization conditions.