Abstract

The yellowish aphid pigment furanaphin, isolated from<i> Aphis spiraecola</i> and possessing cytotoxicity against HL-60 (human promyelocytic leukemia-60) cells, was synthesized by utilizing the Fries rearrangement assisted with a BF<sub>3</sub>·2AcOH complex as a key step. It was confirmed that the complex effectively mediated the reaction even though the compounds had an electron-withdrawing substituent.

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