9-Methoxystrobilurin A (1) was isolated by Anke and Steglich et al. in 1995 1 as a new and potent analogue of antifungal β-methoxyacrylates. 2 Structurally complicated strobilurin K (2) 1. and 3. and L (3) 6 were also isolated in 1996, and they have a unique triene moiety including two electron-rich and acid-sensitive methyl enol ethers as common substructures. Interestingly, this 9-methoxystrobilurin family was found to exhibit potent cytostatic activity toward human- ...