Author's Organization:Institute of Applied Microbiology, The University of Tokyo Institute of Applied Microbiology, The University of Tokyo Institute of Applied Microbiology, The University of Tokyo Institute of Applied Microbiology, The University of Tokyo Institute of Applied Microbiology, The University of Tokyo
Optically active cerulenin was synthesized by connecting the epoxy aldehyde 4 with the lithiated diene generated from 5. The way of carbon labeling at C-5 was also investigated.