Abstract
The total synthesis of the novel antimalarial drug, a sesquiterpene endoperoxide, (+)-artemisinin is described. The approach is flexible and stereoselective. The use of an intermolecular radical reaction on an intermediate iodolactone and a Wittig reaction on a ketone were employed for the synthesis.
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