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Syntheses of the enantiomerically pure phytoprostanes B(1) type I and II are described starting from furfural and n-propylfuran. Key steps include the preparation of the Freimanis (+/-)-hydroxycyclopentenone and Wittig coupling using chiral phosphonium salts.
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