Remisporine B is a rare fungal chromone-derived dimer with defined absolute configuration.
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Remisporine B is a fungal secondary metabolite featuring a rare chromone-derived cyclopentadienyl core formed through a proposed Diels-Alder-type dimerization of remisporine A. Its absolute configuration was determined by comparison of experimental and density functional theory-calculated electronic circular dichroism spectra. Biogenetic analysis supports a rearrangement pathway related to benzyl benzilic acid-type transformations.