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2. According to the isolation team (Ref. 1), the stereochemical identity of disorazole C1 can no longer be obtained by chemical degradation, since the only known sample of 1 has since decomposed: Jansen, R. Gesellschaft für Biotechnologische Forschung mbH, personal communication.
3. For a general review, see: Farina, V.; Krishnamurthy, V.; Scott, W. J. In Organic Reactions; Paquette, L. A., Ed.; John Wiley & Sons: New York, 1997; Vol. 50, Chapter 1.
4. For preparation of this derivative, see: Saito, S.; Ishikawa, T.; Kuroda, A.; Koga, K.; Moriwake, T. Tetrahedron 1992, 48, 4067.
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