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Total synthesis of breviscapin B via intramolecular dehydrative etherification
Kosho Makino1,2, Chiharu Nogami1, Shunsuke Sueki1,2
1Faculty of Pharmacy, Musashino University, 1-1-20, Shinmachi, Nishitokyo-shi, Tokyo, 202-8585, Japan. k-makino@musashino-u.ac.jp.
Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry
|March 18, 2025
Abstract:
The total synthesis of breviscapin B, a norlignan natural product having an unusual 2,2-diaryltetrahydrofuran skeleton, has been achieved via intramolecular dehydrative Williamson ether synthesis as a key step. The use of a combination of p-TsOH·H2O and polyfluorinated alcohol was found as an effective method for the synthesis of 2-aryl-substituted saturated oxygen heterocycles.

