... Please enable JavaScript to use all the features on this page. Tetrahedron Letters. Volume 47, Issue 22, 29 May 2006, Pages 3773–3776. Cover image Cover image. Formal synthesis of fostriecin by a carbohydrate-based approach ☆. ... online 17 April 2006. Abstract. The formal synthesis of fostriecin starting from d-glucose, involves chelation-controlled addition, Wittig rearrangement, ring closing metathesis and iodomethylenation, as described. Graphical abstract ...