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[structure: see text] A concise synthesis of both AB ring spiroisomers of the pectenotoxins is described. The nonanomeric AB spiroketal ring system of the pectenotoxins-1, -2, -3, and -6 is formed under very mild, kinetic spiroketalization conditions, along with the anomeric isomer. Only catalytic asymmetric transformations were used as the source of chirality in the synthesis route.

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A highly stereocontrolled and efficient synthesis for a fully functionalized C 10-C 22 fragment of pectenotoxin 2 is described using a convergent sequence involving a stereoselective methylation of beta-hydroxyketone as a key step.

A convergent synthesis of the CDE and CDEF ring systems of pectenotoxin-2 from C and F ring precursors is described.