• Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society
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• v.28 no.9
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• pp.1579-1584
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• 2007

The efficient and concise synthesis of natural and non-natural pyranochalcones was achieved from readily available 2,4,5-trihydroxyacetophenone. The key steps in the synthetic strategy were ethylenediamine diacetate-catalyzed benzopyran formation and aldol reactions.

• Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society
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• v.32 no.spc8
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• pp.2921-2927
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• 2011

This paper describes efficient synthetic approaches for isolating biologically interesting natural pyranochalcones and their unnatural derivatives from Mallotus Philippensis. The key strategies involve ethylenediamine diacetate-catalyzed benzopyran formation reactions and base-catalyzed aldol reactions.

• Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society
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• v.28 no.10
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• pp.1739-1745
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• 2007

A new methodology for the preparation of pyranochromenes was developed starting from substituted trihydroxybenzenes. This methodology was applied successfully to the total synthesis of biologically interesting compounds, clusiaphenone A, octandrenolone, O-methyloctandrenolone, trans-3''',4'''-dihydro- 3''',4'''-dihydroxy-O-methyloctandrenolone, trans-3'',4''-dihydro-3'',4''-dihydroxy-O-methyloctandrenolone, flemiculosin, laxichalcone, and racemic 3-deoxy-Ms-II.

• Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society
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• v.26 no.12
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• pp.1933-1936
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• 2005

Total synthesis of biologically interesting $({\pm})$-cannabichromene, $({\pm})$-cannabichromenic acid, and $({\pm})$-daurichromenic acid is described. The key step in the synthetic strategy involves the formation of benzopyrans by ethylenediamine diacetate-catalyzed reactions of resorcinols with $\alpha$,$\beta$-unsaturated aldehydes.

• Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society
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• v.32 no.2
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• pp.566-570
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• 2011

An efficient and general synthesis of bibenzyl derivatives bearing pyranyl rings was achieved by ethylenediamine diacetate-catalyzed reactions of 3,5-dihydroxybibenzyl with ${\alpha},{\beta}$-unsaturated aldehydes in moderate yields. These reactions provided naturally occurring compounds 1 and 2 in single step reaction. As an application of this methodology, biologically interesting natural bauhinol D (8) was synthesized by a convergent sequence from readily available benzaldehyde and benzyl phosphonate.