An efficient, convergent route based on cyanohydrin acetonide couplings was used for the synthesis of the aglycone of rimocidin, rimocidinolide methyl ester (1). Cyanohydrin acetonides were used as β-hydroxyketone synthetic equivalents in the assembly of the polyol chain.
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