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Family ties: The pestalotiopsin framework has been constructed by using a SmI2-mediated cyclization and a Nozaki–Hiyama–Kishi coupling to construct the four- and nine-membered rings of the target, respectively. The first synthetic entry into the previously unexplored taedolidol family of natural products has been achieved through a stereoselective, acid-mediated cyclization of the pestalotiopsin skeleton.
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