A highly stereoselective synthesis of the seco-acid (3) of methynolide (1), the aglycon of the 12membered macrolide methymycin was carried out, starting from D-glucose via the Wittig-Horner coupling of the two segments i (4) (C-9-C-13) and ii (5) (C-l-C-8), which were synthesized by the use of p-methoxybenzyl and p-methoxybenzylidene acetal protecting groups for hydroxy functions.