Abstract Recently, we have assigned the (5S, 3′ R, 9′ S, 10′ R) stereochemistry to planar korormicin (1) on the basis of the specific rotations of the four possible diastereoisomers [ie,(5S, 3′ R, 9′ S, 10′ R),(5S, 3′ S, 9′ S, 10′ R),(5S, 3′ S, 9′ R, 10′ S), and (5S, 3′ R, 9′ R, 10′ S) isomers], which were prepared by a total synthesis. In this article, we describe the synthetic aspects in detail. The intermediates in the ...
