Total synthesis of (+)-conagenin

The total synthesis of the immunomodulator, (+)-conagenin was achieved using, as a key step, a method developed by us for the synthesis of 2-methyl-1,3-diols via Ti(III)-mediated diastereo- and regioselective opening of trisubstituted 2,3-epoxy alcohols, to carry out the stereoselective construction of its pentanoic acid segment.