Synthesis of Squamostanal-A.

The first synthesis of squamostanal-A (1), separated as a degradation product of tetrahydrofuranic acetogenins, is described. Iodide 7, which corresponds to the latent aldehyde moiety of 1, was prepared through a 2-step sequence from 13-[tetrahydropyran-2'- yloxy]-2-tridecyn-l-ol (5). The NaHMDS-based coupling reaction of 7 with γ-lactone 8 gave compound 9, which by a 3-step sequence, was coverted to 1.