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(+)-Juvabione, a natural sesquiterpene exhibiting insect juvenile hormone activity, has been synthesized from sigma-symmetric 4-(2-formyl-ethyl)cyclohexanone by employing organocatalytic asymmetric aldolization and Norrish I-type fragmentation as the key steps.
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