We described recently a facile, high-yield reaction of o-quinonemethide with nucleophilic olefins such as 1,1-dimethoxyethylene.1 The total synthesis of carpanone provides an intramolecular example of the utility of this reaction.
OCH3Carpanone (1), a lignan obtained from the bark of the carpano tree,2 poses a significant synthetic challenge.
The incorporation of neutral hydrophilic monomer units in the hydrophobic B blocks of BAB copolymers produces transient networks exhibiting a thermoresponsive behavior with a maximum of viscosity in water.
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