Tetrahedron

A new synthetic approach to the rotenoid ring system

SMF Lai, JJA Orchison, DA Whiting

Index: Lai, Steven M. F.; Orchison, Jack J. A.; Whiting, Donald A. Tetrahedron, 1989 , vol. 45, # 18 p. 5895 - 5906

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Abstract

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 (±)- -chromanochromanones (2) and (3), representing the basic ring system of the natural insecticide rotenone, have been synthesised by a general procedure; the key step is 4-aroylation of the 4-phenyl-sulphonyl) chromans (7; Z=SO 2 Ph). ... A new approach is reported to ...