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Highly regiospecific prenylation of 3,5-dimethoxyacetanilide and cycli
zation of [3,5-dimethoxy-2-(3-methylbut-2-enyl)]aminobenzoic acid 6 un
der mild conditions in high yields provides a practical and flexible s
ynthesis of acronycine, glycocitrine-II and des-N-methylacronycine.