A route has been developed for the enantioselective synthesis of (4R,5S)-O-acetylosmundalactone 1 and (4S,5R)-O-acetylosmundalactone 2 by using Sharpless kinetic resolution of the racemic 1-(2-furyl)ethanol 6 as a key step.
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