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. 2020 Jun 15;26(38):8363–8367. doi: 10.1002/chem.202001598

Scheme 1.

Scheme 1

Synthesis of ajoene 3 as described by Block et al. in 1984. (a) Formation of allicin 2 from alliin 1 by the action of alliinase. (b) Formation of E/Z‐ajoene 3 from 2 by thermal rearrangement in aqueous acetone. (c) Synthesis of ajoene analogues 4 by Hunter et al. (d) Synthesis of ajoene 3 by Silva et al.10