@article{70d72b4434304618b6e04d0cd4718e56,
title = "Total synthesis of bafilomycin A1. 2. The assemblage and completion of the synthesis",
abstract = "The total synthesis of the macrolide antibiotic, bafilomycin A1 (1), has been achieved by a convergent route involving aldol condensation between the 16-membered lactonic aldehyde 2 and the ethyl ketone 3, followed by desilylation.",
author = "Kazunobu Toshima and Hiroyuki Yamaguchi and Takaaki Jyojima and Yasunobu Noguchi and Masaya Nakata and Shuichi Matsumura",
note = "Funding Information: A1 and other bafilomycins. We are also indebted to Emeritus Prof. M. Kinoshita (Keio University ) and Prof. K. Tatsuta (Waseda University) for their stimulating and helpful discussions. Financial support by The Naito Foundation is gratefully acknowledged.",
year = "1996",
month = feb,
day = "12",
doi = "10.1016/0040-4039(95)02351-8",
language = "English",
volume = "37",
pages = "1073--1076",
journal = "Tetrahedron Letters",
issn = "0040-4039",
publisher = "Elsevier Limited",
number = "7",
}