Dmx. Donnelly et al., ARYLLEAD TRIACETATES AS SYNTHONS FOR THE SYNTHESIS OF BIFLAVONOIDS .2. SYNTHESIS OF A GARCINIA-TYPE BIFLAVONOID, Journal of the Chemical Society. Perkin transactions. I, (13), 1994, pp. 1797-1801
Arylation of 3-(phenylsulfonyl)chroman-4-one 1 with simple aryllead tr
iacetates affords the corresponding 3-aryl-3-(phenylsulfonyl)chroman-4
-one in 64-74% yield. However. no reaction took place with the hindere
d 2,4,6-trimethoxyphenyllead triacetate 9. Reaction of the 8-triacetox
yplumbyl-flavane derivative 10 with 4'-methoxy-3-(phenylsulfanyl)flava
none 11 afforded the biflavanone 12 in 64% yield. Nickel boride reduct
ion of compound 12 led to the chalcone 13, which was recyclised to the
Garcinia-type (I-3, II-8) biflavanone 14. Dimethyldioxirane oxidation
of 12 gave the flavone-flavanone 15.