@article{0ee1d4cbe249416cac52520349124dcc,
title = "Studies toward the total synthesis of azaspiracids: Synthesis of the FGHI ring domain",
abstract = "Synthesis of the FGHI ring domain of azaspiracids, the causative agents for a new type of shellfish poisoning, azaspiracid poisoning (AZP), has been achieved. The synthesis features dithiane anion-epoxide coupling for convergent fragment assembly.",
author = "Makoto Sasaki and Yuko Iwamuro and Jyunichi Nemoto and Masato Oikawa",
note = "Funding Information: We are most grateful to Professor K. Tachibana (The University of Tokyo) for helpful discussions. We also thank Professor M. Satake (Tohoku University) for valuable information and Dr. Y. Hirose (Amano Pharmaceutical Co.) for the kind gift of lipases. This work was financially supported by CREST, Japan Science and Technology Corporation (JST) and Suntory Institute for Bioorganic Research (SUNBOR).",
year = "2003",
month = aug,
day = "11",
doi = "10.1016/S0040-4039(03)01553-3",
language = "English",
volume = "44",
pages = "6199--6201",
journal = "Tetrahedron Letters",
issn = "0040-4039",
publisher = "Elsevier Ltd.",
number = "33",
}