• 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.