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InCl3-mediated intramolecular Friedel-Crafts-type cyclization and its application to construct the [6-7-5-6] tetracyclic scaffold of liphagal

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A unified strategy toward the construction of the [5.7.6]tricyclic skeleton of liphagal is reported, featuring InCl3-mediated intramolecular Friedel-Crafts-type cyclization.

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    Hao Jiang & XinSheng Yao

  2. Laboratory of Chemical Genomics, Shenzhen Graduate School of Peking University, Shenzhen, 518055, China

    Hao Jiang, LuFeng Tian, ZhenTao Li, Qi Liu, ChuangChuang Li & Zhen Yang

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Jiang, H., Tian, L., Li, Z. et al. InCl3-mediated intramolecular Friedel-Crafts-type cyclization and its application to construct the [6-7-5-6] tetracyclic scaffold of liphagal. Sci. China Chem. 55, 36–42 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11426-011-4454-0

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