Abstract
A concise synthesis of miltirone from 6-isopropyl-7-methoxy-1-tetralone is described, in which the naphthol was oxidized with Dess-Martin periodinane to yield miltirone in good yield.
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Published in Khimiya Prirodnykh Soedinenii, No. 6, pp. 541–543, November–December, 2006.