Wf. Tan et al., Facile syntheses of 3 ',4 '-methylenedioxy-2 '',2 ''-dimethylpyrano-[5 '',6 '': 7,8]-flavone and (+/-)-ponganone III, two pyranoflavanoids, SYN COMMUN, 29(19), 1999, pp. 3369-3377
Facile syntheses of two naturally occurring pyranoflavanoids, 3',4'-methyle
nedioxy-2",2"-dimethylpyrano-[5",6":7,8]-flavone (1) and (+/-)-ponganone II
I (2), have been achieved through the key intermediate chromene 6 by a DDQ-
induced oxidative cyclization.