Powerful dithiane coupling (A) of two fragments and subsequent macrocyclization by ring-closing metathesis (B) produced the entire 27-membered carbocycle of (+)-pinnatoxin A (1), a major toxic principle responsible for outbreaks of shellfish poisonings in China and Japan.
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