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1270 13.16. Using as a designation of a “step” each numbered reagent or reagent combination
in Schemes 13.54 to 13.59 for the synthesis of the Taxol precursors shown there,
CHAPTER 13 outline the syntheses in terms of convergence and determine the longest linear
Multistep Syntheses sequence (as on p. 1166). In general, these Taxol syntheses are quite linear in
character. Is there a structural reason for this tendency toward linearity?
