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A convergent and enantioselective synthesis of fortucine was achieved from the starting materials tyrosine methyl ester and 3-hydroxy-4-methoxybenzaldehyde. The synthesis is based on two key steps mediated by a hypervalent iodine reagent. This work has enabled us to reassign the absolute configuration of the natural product reported in the literature.
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