... ACYLATION OF LITHIUM Z-(3-LITHIOACRYLATES: APPLICATION TO A SHORT SYNTHESIS OF LEPIOCHLORINI Drury Caine and Victoria C. Ukachukwu School of Chemistry Georgia Institute of Technology Atlanta, Georgia 30332 ABSTRACT: Studies on the acylation of lithium Z-lithioacrylates including a short synthesis of lepiochlorin are described. ... Tetrahedron Lett. (1978), p. 5167. 3. D. Caine, WD Samuels. Tetrahedron Lett. (1980), p. 4057. 4. ...