J. Pettigrew, Jay A. Cadieux, S. S. So
Jan 13, 2005
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Organic letters
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[reaction: see text] A remarkable phenylboronic acid mediated triple condensation reaction of phloroglucinol (1,3,5-trihydroxybenzene) with a series of alpha,beta-unsaturated carbonyl compounds is reported. This experimentally simple reaction afforded novel C3-symmetric 2H-chromene derivatives. These derivatives represent structural analogues of the natural product xyloketal A, which has been reported to be a potent inhibitor of acetylcholine esterase.