Antimycin A3 has been synthesized using an oxazole template for constructing the framework of the dilactone. Formation of the nine-membered ring was accomplished by reaction of an ω-hydroxyl group with an activated carboxylate generated in the reaction of the oxazole with singlet oxygen.
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