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Abstract:
Selected total syntheses of structurally diverse natural products
are summarized which are invariably based upon the
elaboration of sugar-derived building blocks by olefin
metathesis. The chosen targets are conduritol F and congeners,
the marine lipidic lactone ascidiatrienolide, the phytotoxic
agents herbarumin and pinolidoxin, as well as the complex
resin glycosides tricolorin and woodrosin. These examples
allow to deduce some of the strategic advantages of metathesis
in advanced organic synthesis.