• Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society
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• v.33 no.8
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• pp.2647-2650
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• 2012

The total synthesis of biologically interesting ${\beta}$-hydroxypyranochalcones, purpurenone (1), its derivative 2, praecansone B (3), and pongapinone A (4) has been accomplished starting from commercially available 2,4-dihydroxyacetophenone or 6-methoxy-2,4-dihydroxyacetophenone in 3 steps by a convergent strategy through benzopyran formations, O-methylations, and coupling reactions.