Download full text in PDF Opens in a new window. Article suggestions will be shown in a dialog on return to ScienceDirect. ... Please enable JavaScript to use all the features on this page. ... The highly functionalized aryl core structure of balanol has been synthesized employing a regioselective intramolecular Heck reaction as the key step. This approach can potentially lead to new types of analogues of the potent PKC inhibitor. ... A regioselective Heck reaction was ...