A careful orchestration of protecting groups is an essential requirement for the total synthesis of the macrolide antibiotic bafilomycin A1 (1). Key steps were the Suzuki cross-coupling reaction of two advanced, suitably protected intermediates prior to closure of the macrocycle, as well as a highly stereoselective methyl ketone aldol reaction.
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Scheidt et al. (1999) studied this question.