“…Thus, the development of the bicyclic structure in synthesis of antitumor agents of spiruchostatin A (119) [74,75] and FK228 depsipeptide (FR901228) (120) [76][77][78][79][80][81][82] was carried out by consecutive macrocyclization reactions of hydroxy acids (121) or (122) by the Shiina's method or under Mitsunobu conditions, correspondingly, followed by the formation of the disulphide fragment in oxidation with iodine (Scheme 28).…”