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Cycloaddition of the nitrone, derived from tetradecanal, to vinylglyci
nol provides an asymmetric synthesis of both (2R,4R,5S)-tetrahydropseu
dodistomin and all the stereoisomers of the racemic tetrahydropseudodi
stomins.