Abstract
The synthesis of two diastereoisomers of the epoxycyclohexenone core of scyphostatin, a naturally occurring sphingomyelinase inhibitor, has been achieved via a common oxabicyclic intermediate. The diastereomeric intermediates are accessed by stereodivergent oxidative functionalisation processes, followed by a Lewis acid mediated ring opening rearrangement reaction.
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