Efficient synthesis of syringolides, secosyrins, and syributins through a common approach

A new common synthetic approach toward the elicitors syringolides and their related natural products, secosyrins and syributins, is described here. This uses d-arabinose as starting material and efficiently delivers the targeted compounds through a sequential tandem HWE olefination-lactonization process and an IHMA reaction.

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