Macrocyclic bis(bibenzyl) compounds are natural products from liverworts and are of growing interest due to recent reports on new isolated compounds and on their remarkable biological activities. We report here on a flexible and general approach to the total set of nine bis(bibenzyl) compounds of the riccardin and plagiochin type derived from perrottetin E. The structures were confirmed through their spectroscopic data, which were compared carefully with those for the isolated products to exclude any errors in arene connection and substitution pattern.

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