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. ... The synthesis of the antifungal dilactone, UK-2A, is described. In addition to providing a workable synthetic route to this potent antifungal antibiotic, this has allowed us to determine the assignment of the relative and absolute configurations in the nine-membered ring.