A bicyclic natural bromo ether, laureatin (7), and its monocyclic key intermediate, prelaureatin (6), have enzymatically been transformed from their original precursor, (3Z, 6S, 7S)-laurediol in single-step by lactoperoxidase.
Enantiomeric syntheses of 6(R), 7(R) and 6(S), 7(S) trans- and cis-laurediol