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A convenient synthesis of naturally occurring benzofuran ailanthoidol

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TETRAHEDRON LETTERS
Volume 42, Issue 6, Pages 1111-1113

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PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/S0040-4039(00)02163-8

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ailanthoidol; benzofuran; trimethylsilyldiazomethane lithium salt; oxymercuration

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A convenient method for the synthesis of ailanthoidol starting from vanillin is provided using trimethylsilyldiazomethane lithium salt to generate a diphenylacetylene and subsequent oxymercuration cyclization of the resulting alkyne with mercury acetate in acetic acid as key steps. (C) 2001 Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved.

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