Yoshiyuki Aihara, Atsusi Yoshida, T. Furuta
Aug 1, 2009
Citations
0
Influential Citations
28
Citations
Journal
Bioorganic & medicinal chemistry letters
Abstract
Regioselective synthesis of methylated epigallocatechin gallate from epigallocatechin was accomplished using a 2-nitrobenzenesulfonyl (Ns) group as a protecting group for phenols. This methodology provided several methylated catechins, which are naturally scarce catechin derivatives.