Abstract

The cascade annulation-lactonization of phthalides with α-carboxyfurylacrylates in the presence of lithium hexamethyldisilazide (LiHMDS) provides both convergent and semiconvergent regioselective syntheses of neo-tanshinlactones in moderate yields. This methodology also offers an avenue for the direct syntheses of hitherto unreported 6-alkoxycarbonyl-substituted neo-tanshinlactones and their heterocyclic analogues. A new synthesis of 4-alkyl phthalides was developed on the basis of a combination of a Duff reaction and Furstner cross-coupling.

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