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TETRAHEDRON LETTERS
Volume 41, Issue 8, Pages 1151-1154Publisher
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/S0040-4039(99)02284-4
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allelopathy; biomimetic reactions; phenols; herbicides
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The total synthesis of (+/-)-heliannuol D and its epimer has been completed in 9 steps and 12% overall yield from 2-methylanisole. The benzoxepane moiety of the title compound, a common structural feature in the heliannuol family of natural products, is prepared by a biomimetic opening of an epoxide by a phenol. (C) 2000 Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved.
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