Synfacts 2006(3): 0198-0198  
DOI: 10.1055/s-2006-931928
Synthesis of Natural Products and Potential Drugs
© Georg Thieme Verlag Stuttgart · New York

Synthesis of (±)-Taiwanianquinol B

Contributor(s): Philip Kocienski, John Cooksey
E. Fillion*, D. Fishlock
University of Waterloo, Canada
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Publication History

Publication Date:
21 February 2006 (online)

Significance

The α-acyl ketene F generated from the Meldrum’s acid derivative D initiated a Friedel-Crafts acylation-alkylation cascade to generate two rings in a single operation en route to (±)-Taiwanianquinol B.