Abstract
The first stereoselective total synthesis of cytotoxic diacetylene pyranone B is described. The key steps involved in the synthesis are base-induced elimination protocol to generate the chiral acetylenic alcohol and selective cross-coupling of unsymmetrical terminal acetylenes.
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