• Archives of Pharmacal Research
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• v.20 no.2
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• pp.144-147
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• 1997

A novel synthetic method was developed for 3-hydroxyhomoisoflavanone. Treatment of aryllithium 14 to aldehyde 13 which was obtained from dihydroxylation of 10, followed by cycloetherification to give 3-hydroxyhomoisoflavanones.