We have not been able by the use of the method described above to prepare certain mono- and dihydroxydiarylphthalides although the syntheses of the corresponding tertiary carbinols have been described in the experimental part of the paper; in some cases the compounds seemed to decompose during the oxidation of the side chain, in others during demethylation. The applicability of the procedure for the preparation of a number of other ...
[VanAtten, Mary K.; Ensinger, Carol L.; Chiu, Andrew T.; McCall, Dale E.; Nguyen, Tam T.; et al. Journal of Medicinal Chemistry, 1993 , vol. 36, # 25 p. 3985 - 3992]