The first total synthesis of a macrocyclic antibiotic, micrococcin P (1), was accomplished. After constructing the central 2, 3, 6-tristhiazolyl-substituted pyridine skeleton [Fragment A— C segment](21) from ethyl 2-(2-bromoacetyl-6-dimethoxymethyl-3-pyridyl) thiazole-4- carboxylate (15) in 11 steps, successive fragment condensations of 21 with ethyl 2-[(Z)-1-(Ot- butyldiphenylsilyl-L-threonylamino)-1-propenyl] thiazole-4-carboxylate (29) and (S)-1-(O- ...