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Facile and efficient total synthesis of (±)-cryptotanshinone and tanshinone IIA

YY Jiang, Q Li, W Lu, JC Cai

Index: Jiang, Ying-Yan; Li, Qian; Lu, Wei; Cai, Jun-Chao Tetrahedron Letters, 2003 , vol. 44, # 10 p. 2073 - 2075

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Download 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. ... A concise synthesis of (±)-cryptotanshinone and tanshinone IIA from readily available 1,5-naphthalenediol is described in which the key step is the radical cyclization process promoted by SmI 2 to make a furan ring. ... A concise synthesis of (±)-cryptotanshinone and tanshinone IIA from ...