“…The present work is the first protocol of this type of transformation except for organocopper reagents. Although the reactions of epoxy alcohols 4 and 5 with dimethylcupurate have been widely used in the synthesis of various natural products, e.g., tautomycin, ingramycin, olygomycin, rodularin, FK-506, etc., their stereoselectivity and chemical yields were not always satisfactory. Therefore, this new methodology provides an extremely useful tool for natural product synthesis.…”