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The first total synthesis of Mniopetal F in fourteen steps is reported. Key steps are a new and highly diastereoselective lithium phenylselenide-induced Baylis−Hillman reaction with Feringa′s butenolide, an endo-selective intramolecular Diels−Alder reaction (IMDA), inversion of a highly hindered secondary alcohol and a new variant of the Parikh−Doering oxidation.
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