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An enantiomeric pair of a decalin type of chiral building blocks beari
ng an oxygenated angular substituent has been synthesized by the lipas
e-mediated ring differentiation of a meso decahydronaphthalene glycol
system Its synthetic utility has been demonstrated by the formal synth
esis of (-)-polygodial, (-)-warburganal, (-)-drimenin, and (-)-elemol.
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