
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Carroll, AR 
A1  - Read, RW 
A1  - Taylor, WC 
T1  - Intramolecular Oxidative Coupling of Aromatic Compounds. VII. A Convenient Synthesis of (&#177;)-Deoxyschizandrin
JF  - Australian Journal of Chemistry
JO  - Aust. J. Chem.
Y1  - 1994
VL  - 47
IS  - 8
SP  - 1579
EP  - 1589
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UR  - https://doi.org/10.1071/CH9941579 
N2  - A convenient synthesis of (±)-deoxyschizandrin was achieved through the key step of reductive coupling of the bisacetonylbiphenyl (3). The latter compound was synthesized by oxidative cleavage of the bis olefin (5) formed by Claisen rearrangement of the bismethallyl ether of 2,2&#8242;,4,4&#8242;-tetramethoxybiphenyl-3,3&#8242;-diol. The synthesis of 2,2&#8242;,4,4&#8242;-tetramethoxy-6,6&#8242;-di(prop 1-enyl)biphenyl-3,3&#8242;-diol (2) is also described. The diphenolic oxidation of (2) did not lead to products with &#946;,&#946;&#8242; carbons linked. 
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