(Elsevier B.V., 2012-10-07) Ferrarini, Renan S.; Dos Santos, Alcindo A.; Comasseto, Joao V. [UNIFESP]; Universidade de São Paulo (USP); Universidade Federal de São Paulo (UNIFESP)
The naturally occurring butanolides (-)-blastmycinolactol, (+)-blastmycinone, (-)-NFX-2, (+)-anti-mycinone as well as the four stereoisomers of the butenolide Acaterin were prepared in high enantiomeric purity using hydroxy-vinyl tellurides as starting materials. (C) 2012 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.