A short synthesis of the cyclopentenone antibiotic methylenomycin B, 1, has recently been accomplished in these laboratories,2via the salt of a carboxymethyl-substituted 1,4- diketone, generated by the action of methyllithium on a Fittig bislactone 2 (R = C2H5).
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