Ciguatoxin CTX3C is a representative congener of the ciguatoxins, which are known to be the principal causative agents of ciguatera food poisoning. The structure of CTX3C spans more than 3nm and is characterized by 13 ether rings. To attain a practical construction of
[Meyers; Andres, Charles J.; Resek, James E.; Woodall, Charlotte C.; McLaughlin, Maureen A.; Lee, Peter H.; Price, David A. Tetrahedron, 1999 , vol. 55, # 29 p. 8931 - 8952]