Expedient syntheses of the rotenoid and thiorotenoid systems
Abstract
A simple four-step synthesis of a 6,6-disubstituted 6a,12a-dihydro-6H,12H-[1]benzopyrano[3,4,-b]-[1]benzopyran-12-one 6 from a chroman-4-one 3 is described. Application of the synthetic strategy to a thiochroman-4-one leads to the 5-thiorotenoid system.