A. Pelter et al., EFFECTIVE, DIRECT BIOMIMETIC SYNTHESIS OF DIBENZOCYCLOOCTENE LIGNANS BY HYPERVALENT IODINE OXIDATION OF PHENOLIC DIBENZYLBUTYROLACTONES, Journal of the Chemical Society. Perkin transactions. I, (18), 1995, pp. 2201-2202
Readily available trans-2,3-dibenzylbutyrolactones are converted in hi
gh yields via 4-hydroxycyclohexa-2,6-dienones into dibenzocyclooctene
lignans by treatment with phenyliodonium diacetate in aqueous methanol
followed by trifluoroacetic acid.