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(+)-Kifunensine, a potent inhibitor of mannosidase I, has been synthes
ized in 13 steps from chlorobenzene by microbial oxygenation with Pseu
domonas putida 39D and stereocontrolled peripheral functionalization o
f cis-3-chlorocyclohexa-3,5-dienediol 3.