Selective synthesis of 3, 4-dihydrocoumarins and chalcones from substituted Aryl Cinnamic Esters

JH Jeon, DM Yang, JG Jun

Index: Jeon, Jae-Ho; Yang, Deok-Mo; Jun, Jong-Gab Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society, 2011 , vol. 32, # 1 p. 65 - 70

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Abstract

Abstract Coumarins are ubiquitous in plant kingdom and have been used as antitumor, antifungals, anticoagulants, insecticides. Chalcones are also widespread in plant kingdom and have been known to possess diverse biological activities; antibacterial, antifungal, antitumor and anti-inflammatory, etc. As they are considered as important natural products, numerous synthetic approaches have been reported up to the present. We devise a new ...