Abstract
The potent tumor promoters, optically active teleocidins B-3 (3) and B-4 (4), were totally synthesized mostly using our synthetic pathway for the teleocidin A series. The key reaction, the BF3·Et2 O-catalyzed intramolecular Friedel-Crafts cyclization, was applied at the final stage of the synthesis to the acetates (18a and 18b) to form the teleocidin B framework.