Synthesis of a potent (±)-4-(2-hydroxyphenyl) analogue of the acromelic acids by dearomatising cyclisation of a lithiated N-p-methoxybenzyl-4-methoxy-1-naphthamide
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The authors are grateful to the EPSRC for studentships (to A.A. and R.A.B.), to the Leverhulme Trust for a grant, to Merck, Sharp and Dohme and to Oxford Asymmetry International for support, and to Drs. M. Rowley and O. Ichihara for many helpful and illuminating discussions.
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