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The isolation of three key intermediates from a culture of Botrytis cinerea
sheds further light on the biosynthetic pathway to botrydial (2), and clar
ifies and establishes the stereochemistry of the oxidative steps which affe
ct the probotryane skeleton to lead to the dialdehyde (2). The structures o
f these three new metabolites have been determined by means of extensive sp
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