Formal synthesis of bastimolide A using a chiral Horner-Wittig reagent and a bifunctional aldehyde as key building blocks

The macrolide bastimolide A represents an attractive synthetic target due to its promising activity against resistant strains of the malaria pathogen plasmodium falciparum. We report a straightforward formal synthesis of bastimolide A using a Horner-Wittig reagent and an aldehyde derived from the same chiral-pool based intermediate as key building blocks.