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A unified biomimetic approach to the aglain-forbaglin-rocaglamide classes of natural products is reported. The approach involves photogeneration of oxidopyryliums via excited-state intramolecular proton transfer (ESIPT) of 3-hydroxyflavones followed by 3+2 dipolar cycloaddition to the aglain core. An alpha-ketol (acyloin) rearrangement was employed to transform the aglain core to the rocaglamide framework. This approach was successfully used for the synthesis of the natural product (+/-)-methyl rocaglate.
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