Abstract
Xestospongic acid methyl ester, a naturally brominated fatty acid with potent pancreatic lipase inhibitory activity in vitro, was synthesized from 5-hexynol in 30% total yield.
Acknowledgments
The research work was financially supported by the Natural Science Foundation of China (Nos 81072572, 81273430, and 21021063), National Marine ‘863’ Project (Nos 2011AA09070102 and 2013AA092902), the SKLDR/SIMM Projects (Nos SIMM1203ZZ-03, SIMM1105KF-04, and SIMM1203KF-12), W.-F.H. thanks China Postdoctoral Science Foundation Grant (No. 2012M520956).