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The intramolecular [2+3] cycloaddition reaction of the trimethylenemethane diyl generated from the intramolecular cyclopropanation reaction of alkylidene carbene produced linearly fused triquinanes regio- and stereoselectively. The current tandem cycloaddition reaction was applied to a 14-step total synthesis of hirsutene from methallyl alcohol.
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