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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2012 Dec 7.
Published in final edited form as: Angew Chem Int Ed Engl. 2010;49(1):34–44. doi: 10.1002/anie.200904491

Scheme 3.

Scheme 3

Total synthesis of (−)-longithorone A involving a diastereoselective enyne RCM. The silylether-bearing stereogenic carbon centers, installed for control of planar stereogenicity and subsequently removed, are highlighted.