UV irradiation of 4-hydroxydictyolactone (–)-1 in CDCl3 under N2 leads cleanly to 4-hydroxycrenulide (+)-2, reproducing what probably occurs under solar irradiation of the seaweed Dictyota sp. at low tide along the coasts of Senegal.
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