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The first stereoselective total synthesis of (SR,8S)-falcarindiol (1) from
L-tartaric acid and D-xylose is reported, via the Cadiot-Chodkiczwicz react
ion, to couple 1-bromoalkyne (2) with 3(R)-(tert-butyldiphenylsilyloxy)-1-p
enten-4-yne (3).