A concise synthesis of the fungal natural product epicolactone suggests that this highly stereochemically complex yet racemic natural product may come from a cascade reaction between two polyhydroxylated arenes.
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Mercer, J., Burns, N. Emulation illuminates biosynthesis. Nature Chem 7, 860–861 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1038/nchem.2377
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