Philip DeShong (source code)

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<Philip DeShong> investigated <total synthesis> of tirandamycin A. In the reported sequence, related pyranones were converted into a fused <lactone>; the discussion used a proposed mechanism to qualify the relative <stereochemistry>, rather than claiming that the reported <NMR spectroscopy> alone fixed the assignment unambiguously.<Total synthesis of (±)-tirandamycin A by Philip DeShong and others>[1985, pp.5220–5221, Schemes II–III and stereochemical-assignment discussion]{ref}