
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Birch, AJ 
A1  - Dahl, CJ 
A1  - Pelter, A 
T1  - Synthetic evidence for the structure of xanthorrhone
JF  - Australian Journal of Chemistry
JO  - Aust. J. Chem.
Y1  - 1969
VL  - 22
IS  - 2
SP  - 423
EP  - 426
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UR  - https://doi.org/10.1071/CH9690423 
N2  - Reaction of 5,7-dimethoxyflavanone with sodium borohydride gives the flavanol, which condenses in the presence of acid with phloroglucinol to give (III), and with (-)-pinocembrin to give a small yield of a substance indistinguishable in its mass spectrum from xanthorrhone (I). 
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