-22-23-24-15e (a) TBDMSiCl, DMAP, Et3N, CHZClz;(b) CrO,, Pyr, CHZClz;(c)(Me0) 2POCHzC0zMe, NaH, THF. obtained by the oxidation of solketal 16 (Scheme IV). The aldehyde 17 was reacted with trimethyl phosphonoacetate, which gave the ester 15b in a 17: 3 E: Z ratio. Due to the poor biological activity of compound 5, no attempt was made to synthesize this compound in optically active form. The final compounds 4a, 4b, and 5 were ...