
%0 Journal Article
%A Elix, JA 
%A Evans, JE 
%A Parker, JL 
%T A One-Step Synthesis of the Depsidone Furfuric Acid: Evidence for an Artifact in the Isolation From a Lichen
%J Australian Journal of Chemistry
%D 1987/12/01
%V 40
%N 12
%P 2129-2131
%K 
%R https://doi.org/10.1071/CH9872129
%U https://www.publish.csiro.au/paper/CH9872129 
%X The structurally unique depsidone furfuric acid (1) has been prepared in one step by the acid-catalysed alkylation of methyl p- orsellinate (6) or of atranorin (4) with physodalic acid (7). This mode of synthesis gives credence to the proposal that (1) is an artefact of the isolation procedure rather than a true metabolite of the lichen Pseudevernia furfuracea . 
