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A synthesis of (±)-heritol, a sesquiterpene lactone, was accomplished starting from methyl 3-methoxy-4-methylbenzoate using an intarmolecular Witting reaction as a key reaction for constructing the butenolide ring.
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Irie et al. (1990) studied this question.
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