“…1 Ethyl (2E,4S,5S,6E,8E)-2-Bromo-4,5-dihydroxy-4,5-O,O-isopropylidene-9-(methoxycarbonyl)-6-methylnona-2,6,8trienoate (40) According to the general olefination procedure, a 57:32:9:2 mixture of 6b/7b/52/49 [1.057 g, containing 53.2 wt% 6b: 562.3 mg, 1.409 mmol, 0.71 equiv; 35.7 wt% 7b : 377.3 mg, 789.4 mmol, 0.40 equiv; 9.4 wt% 52: 99.4 mg, 221 mmol, 0.11 equiv; 1.7 wt% 49: 18.0 mg, 50.7 mmol, 0.025 equiv (total: 1.2 equiv); 2.2 mmol 6b/7b/52/49 per g mixture], NaH (60% in mineral oil, 63.8 mg, 1.59 mmol, 0.80 equiv) and methyl (2E,4E,6S,7R)-6,7-dihydroxy-6,7-O,O-isopropylidene-5-methyl-8-oxoocta-2,4-dienoate 27 (39; 506.8 mg, 1.993 mmol) were reacted for 90 min in THF (25 mL). Flash chromatography [∆ 5.5 cm, h 20 cm, cyclohexane-EtOAc, 10:1 (3300 mL), 1-26 (100 mL), 40 and 2-chloro-2-debromo-40: [11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18][19][20][21][22] provided the title compound 40 and its chlorine analogue (651.1 mg, 81%, 40:2-chloro-2-debromo-40 = 93:7 mol:mol) as a colorless oil. The E:Z ratio of 40 prior to chromatography was 98:2 according to 1 H NMR spectroscopy; R f = 0.65 (cyclohexane-EtOAc, 1:1); [a] D equiv); 2.3 mmol 6b/7b per g mixture], NaH (60% in mineral oil, 24.4 mg, 611 mmol, 1.0 equiv) and (R)-3-(benzyloxycarbonylamino)-4-methylpentanal 29 (43; 152.2 mg, 610.5 mmol) were reacted for 30 min in THF (10 mL).…”