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4S, 5S, 8S, 9S)- and (4R, 5S, 8S, 9S)-9-hydroxy-5,8-epoxy-henicosabuta
nolides 3b and 4b, respectively, have been successfully synthesized fr
om very inexpensive L-glutamic acid The key step of the synthetic sequ
ence is an alkylation of lactol acetates 5a,b with 2-(trimethylsilylox
y)-furan. Stereochemical relationship assignment of the obtained produ
cts were deduced from NMR data, and by chemical correlation.