The invention concerns a method for preparing paclitaxel characterized in
that it consists in starting with 10-deacetyl-baccatine in accordance
with a "one-pot" reaction including the following three steps: a)
protecting the hydroxy radical in position 7 of 10-deacetylbaccatine with
a silylated radical, then b) acetylating the hydroxy radical in position
10, c) optionally crystallizing the resulting baccatine III derivative,
followed by condensation of
(4S,5R)-3-N-benzoyl-2RS-methoxy-4-phenyl-1,3-oxazolidine-5-carboxylic
acid, by esterifying in position 13 the acetylated 10-baccatine III
derivative previously obtained, then opening the oxazolidine of the
cyclic side chain and simultaneously releasing the hydroxy radical in
position 7.