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New total syntheses of renierol (3), renierol acetate (4), and renierol pro
pionate (5) were completed by the synthesis of 5-oxygenated isoquinoline (6
) based on the thermal electrocyclic reaction of the 1-azahexatriene system
followed by regioselective oxidations of 5-hydroxyisoquinolines (6).