An approach to the synthesis of pimpinellin

Although pimpinellin has been known for many years, synthesis of the compound has not been reported. A useful intermediate toward the synthesis of pimpinellin would be 2-carboxy-6-methoxy-4,7-benzofurandione or its ester. These have been synthesized from pyrogallol in an eight step synthesis via met...

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Main Author: Yuan, Andrew Meau
Published: BYU ScholarsArchive 1972
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Online Access:https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/etd/8504