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A method to construct the C44-C51 side chain of altohyrtin C has been devel
oped and applied to a model aldehyde derived from D-glucose. The approach r
elies on a Wittig reaction to couple the side chain to an aldehyde and util
izes an allylic diazene rearrangement to place the C45 double bond in the c
orrect position.