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SUBMITTER: Xiao J
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6278515 | biostudies-other | 2018 Nov
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-other

Molecules (Basel, Switzerland) 20181121 11
Herein, we present an expeditous synthesis of bioactive aryldihydronaphthalene lignans (+)-β- and γ-apopicropodophyllins, and arylnaphthalene lignan dehydrodesoxypodophyllotoxin. The key reaction is regiocontrolled oxidations of stereodivergent aryltetralin lactones, which were easily accessed from a nickel-catalyzed reductive cascade approach developed in our group. ...[more]