%0 Journal Article %@ 0040-4039 %A Gudipati, V %A Curran, DP %D 2011 %F pittir:17224 %J Tetrahedron Letters %N 17 %P 2254 - 2257 %T Synthesis of C1-C20 and C21-C40 fragments of tetrafibricin %U http://d-scholarship-dev.library.pitt.edu/17224/ %V 52 %X Efficient syntheses of suitably functionalized top and bottom fragments of tetrafibricin are described. The bottom fragment is prepared by two consecutive Kocienski-Julia couplings, while the top fragment synthesis features a dithiane alkylation and a Horner-Wadsworth-Emmons reaction. © 2011 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.