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Key steps in the synthesis of the C1-C16 polyketide fragment of ionomycin were the nucleophilic addition of an organocuprate to a neutral (eta3-allyl)iron complex and the construction of a beta-diketone moiety by the Rh-catalysed rearrangement of an alpha-diazo-beta-hydroxyketone.
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