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Demonstrates improved synthetic yields in aryl β-ethanol synthesis, suggesting a new modular platform.
-H-terminated variant using inexpensive formate as the terminating reagent. Coupling with diverse epoxides provides complementary access to valuable aryl β-ethanols with high regioselectivity. Integration with oxa-Pictet-Spengler and Ullmann reactions enables a collective total synthesis of pyranonaphthoquinone natural products. This strategy features significantly reduced synthetic steps, improved overall yields, and robust conditions, establishing a modular platform for structurally diverse aryl ethanol scaffolds and facilitating systematic bioactivity studies.
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