Abstract:
Flexible racemic syntheses of the phthalide-containing antibiotics CJ-13,015, CJ-13,102, CJ-13,103, CJ-13,104 and CJ-13,108 that inhibit Helicobacter pylori have been carried out in a convergent fashion by Wittig coupling of a phthalide-containing aldehyde fragment with an appropriate phosphorous ylide.