Synthetic studies towards the insect antifeedant jodrellin A l a are reported. This work delineates a synthetic strategy that affords a polycyclic epoxy diacetate model compound 2 which contains most of the structural features found in the natural product. This material was also shown to possess mild insect antifeedant activity against Spodoptera littoralis.
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