Total synthesis of gymnorrhizol, an unprecedented 15-membered macrocyclic polydisulfide from the Chinese mangrove Bruguiera gymnorrhiza

The total synthesis of gymnorrhizol, a naturally occurring macrocyclic polydisulfide with a new skeleton and a potent proteintyrosinephosphatase 1B inhibitor, was prepared in three steps, starting from (R)-1-bromo-3-chloroisopropanol and 1,3-dichloropropan-2-ol.