M. Gaxiola et al., SYNTHESIS OF NEOLIGNAN OCIMIN AND ANALOGS BY TITANIUM-MEDIATED COUPLING OF METHOXYCINNAMYL ALCOHOLS, Synthetic communications, 28(18), 1998, pp. 3423-3430
Coupling of Methoxycinnamyl alcohols to form Ocimin, and its 1,6-bisdi
aryl-(E)-(E)- hexa-1,5-diene analogues was effected using McMurry reag
ents TiCl3/Zn-Cu or TiCl3/LiAlH4. Linear and branched products were ob
tained with ratios depending on the Titanium reagent used.