%A WH Jung %A S Guyenne %A C Riesco-Fagundo %A J Mancuso %A S Nakamura %A DP Curran %J Angewandte Chemie - International Edition %T Confirmation of the stereostructure of (+)-cytostatin by fluorous mixture synthesis of four candidate stereoisomers %X Mix and match: Four closely related candidate isomers for cytostatin have been synthesized by using the technique of fluorous mixture synthesis. Comparison of NMR, thin-layer chromatography, and optical rotation data enabled the three isomers that were not cytostatin to be identified. Thus, by a process of elimination (disproof), the isomer corresponding to cytostatin was determined, and the 4S,5S,6S,9S,10S,11S configuration confirmed. (Chemical Equation Presented). ? 2008 Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA. %N 6 %P 1130 - 1133 %V 47 %D 2008 %R 10.1002/anie.200704893 %L pittir18101