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The marine natural product 16-deacetoxy-12-epi-scalarafuranacetate, isolated from Spongua officinalis , was synthesized in 18 linear steps, starting from (-)-sclareol, with high stereoselectivity and an overall yield of 6.1%. The intermediate 16-deacetoxy-12-epi-scalarafuran could be easily transformed into a series of natural scalarane sesterterpenoids in a few steps.

A set of closely related furylidene thiosemicarbazones was prepared and screened against various clinically important Gram-positive bacteria. One compound containing an ethylene spacer and a 5-nitrofuryl group was found to have promising activity against Clostridium difficile.

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