Issue 0, 1983

Cannabis. Part 28. A new route to the synthesis of cannabifuran

Abstract

The total synthesis of the naturally occurring dibenzofuran cannabifuran (9-isopropyl-6-methyl-3-pentyl-dibenzofuran-1-ol)(25) is presented. In the key step, starting from 2,3-dimethoxy-p-toluic acid and 2-bromo-1,3-dimethoxy-5-pentylbenzene, the aryl–aryl bond was formed via a methoxy displacement in the aryldihydro-oxazole (17). The final furan ring closure in the trimethoxybiphenyl (23) to cannabifuran was accomplished by use of HI–Ac2O. Investigations of other approaches resulted in an improved synthesis of 2,6-dimethoxybiphenyl using modifications of nickel-catalysed Grignard cross-coupling syntheses.

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J. Chem. Soc., Perkin Trans. 1, 1983, 2873-2877

Cannabis. Part 28. A new route to the synthesis of cannabifuran

J. Novák and C. A. Salemink, J. Chem. Soc., Perkin Trans. 1, 1983, 2873 DOI: 10.1039/P19830002873

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