Novel Synthesis of Stagonolide-F, Putaminoxin and Aspinolide-A

Novel synthesis of putaminoxin, stagonolide-F and aspinolide-A have been achieved by utilizing (S) and (R)- malic acid. The key feature of the synthetic strategy includes Horner-Wittig olefination, double bond reduction and Steglich esterification. Olefinic acid for putaminoxin and stagonolide-F was prepared from (S)-malic acid whereas olefinic acid for aspinolide-A was prepared from (R)-malic acid and olefinic alcohols for putaminoxin, stagonolide-F and aspinolide-A were prepared by using Brown's asymmetric allylboration.