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Syringolide 2, an elicitor of the bacterial plant pathogen Pseudomonas syri
ngae pv. tomato which triggers a hypersensitive defense response in resista
nt soybean plants, has been synthesized in five steps via a fructose 1,6-di
phosphate aldolase reaction.