Expedient synthesis of 4-O-methylhonokiol via Suzuki-Miyaura cross-coupling

Tetrahedron

Volumn 67, Issue 48, 2011, Pages 9401-9404

  Kwak, Jae Hwan ^a   Cho, Young Ae ^b   Jang, Jae Yong ^a   Seo, Seung Yong ^c   Lee, Heesoon ^a   Hong, Jin Tae ^a   Han, Sang Bae ^a   Lee, Kiho ^d   Kwak, Young Shin ^b   Jung, Jae Kyung ^a  

^a Chungbuk National University   (South Korea)

^b Korea Research Institute of Bioscience and Biotechnology (KRIBB)   (South Korea)

^c Woosuk University   (South Korea)

^d Korea University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

4 O Methylhonokiol; Neolignan; Potassium aryltrifluoroborate; Suzuki Miyaura cross coupling

Indexed keywords

4 O METHYLHONOKIOL; HONOKIOL; PHENOL DERIVATIVE; RUTHENIUM; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BROMINATION; CROSS COUPLING REACTION; MIYAURA CROSS COUPLING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; SUZUKI REACTION; SYNTHESIS;

EID: 80054850043     PISSN: 00404020     EISSN: 14645416     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tet.2011.09.115     Document Type: Article

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