
%0 Journal Article
%A Elix, JA 
%A Jenie, UA 
%T A Synthesis of the Lichen Diphenyl Ether Epiphorellic Acid 1
%J Australian Journal of Chemistry
%D 1989/06/01
%V 42
%N 6
%P 987-994
%K 
%R https://doi.org/10.1071/CH9890987
%U https://www.publish.csiro.au/paper/CH9890987 
%X The lichen diphenyl ether epiphorellic acid 1 [6-hydroxy-3-(5&#8242;-hydroxy-2&#8242;-methoxycarbonyl- 3&#8242;-pentylphenoxy)-4-methoxy-2-pentylbenzoic acid] (5) has been prepared by unambiguous synthesis. The synthesis employed a biomimetic -type approach which envolved a Smiles rearrangement of a precursor meta- depside in the key step. 
