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Lewis acids control regioselectivity in the alkylation of epi-chlorohydrin and the stereochemistry of an alkyne addition to set the C24/C23 anti relationship. These advances facilitate an efficient total synthesis of bullatacin in 13.3% overall yield from commercial starting materials.
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