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Highly substituted phthalides including a key intermediate in the synthesis of mycophenolic acid were prepared by the Diels-Alder reaction of 3-(phenylthio- or 3-(phenylsulfinyl)-2-(5H)-furanones with silyloxydienes.
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Watanabe et al. (1989) studied this question.
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