LEWIS ACID-PROMOTED REACTIONS OF UNSYMMETRICALLY SUBSTITUTED STILBENES WITH 2-METHOXY-1,4-BENZOQUINONES - STEREOSELECTIVE SYNTHESIS OF TRANS-2,3-DIARYL-2,3-DIHYDROBENZOFURANS
Ta. Engler et al., LEWIS ACID-PROMOTED REACTIONS OF UNSYMMETRICALLY SUBSTITUTED STILBENES WITH 2-METHOXY-1,4-BENZOQUINONES - STEREOSELECTIVE SYNTHESIS OF TRANS-2,3-DIARYL-2,3-DIHYDROBENZOFURANS, Journal of organic chemistry, 60(12), 1995, pp. 3700-3706
Lewis acid (SnCl4 or Ti(IV))-promoted reactions of 2-methoxy-1,4-benzo
quinones with substituted (E)-4-methoxystilbenes stereoselectively yie
ld -methoxyphenyl)-3-aryl-2,3-dihydrobenzofuran-5-ols in good yield.