Manat PohmakotrSupakeat KambutongPatoomratana TuchindaChutima KuhakarnMahidol University2018-07-122018-07-122008-06-30Tetrahedron. Vol.64, No.27 (2008), 6315-6323004040202-s2.0-44349090861https://repository.li.mahidol.ac.th/handle/20.500.14594/18904The synthetic utility of the intramolecular acylation of α-sulfinyl carbanions as an efficient and general synthetic approach for the preparation of (-)-pentenomycin I (1) and (-)-epipentenomycin I (5) and their enantiomers (ent-1 and ent-5), starting from chiral (2S,5S,6S)-ester 6 and ent-6, respectively, has been demonstrated. Easy accesses to pentenomycin analogs have also been demonstrated through the Pummerer, Suzuki-Miyaura, and Sonogashira reactions. © 2008 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.Mahidol UniversityBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyChemistryPharmacology, Toxicology and PharmaceuticsArticleSCOPUS10.1016/j.tet.2008.04.089