Download full text in PDF Opens in a new window. Article suggestions will be shown in a dialog on return to ScienceDirect. ... Please enable JavaScript to use all the features on this page. ... NBS oxidation of 2-substituted furans 9 and 15 followed by further oxidation of the enals with NaClO 2 afforded the acids 11 and 17 in good yields, which are the intermediates of (+)-patulolide A and (−)-pyrenophorin, respectively. ... Watatani, K.; Kikori, Y.; Mizojiri, R.; Kobayashi, Y.; ...