@article { ISI:000369771800068,
	title = {O-Quinone methides via oxone-mediated benzofuran oxidative dearomatization and their intramolecular cycloaddition with carbonyl groups: an expeditious construction of the central tetracyclic core of integrastatins, epicoccolide A, and epicocconigrone A},
	journal = {Organic Letters},
	volume = {18},
	number = {3},
	year = {2016},
	month = {FEB},
	pages = {612-615},
	publisher = {AMER CHEMICAL SOC},
	address = {1155 16TH ST, NW, WASHINGTON, DC 20036 USA},
	abstract = {<p>The intramolecular cycloaddition of o-quinone methides (o-QMs) with a carbonyl group has been envisaged and executed successfully in the context of constructing the complex and rare [6,6,6,6]-tetracyclic core found in the integrastatins, epicoccolide A, and epicocconigrone A. These transient o-QMs were generated easily from the oxidative dearomatization of the corresponding C2-(aryl)benzofuran by employing Oxone in acetone-water at rt. The subsequent cydoaddition with the carbonyl (or conjugated olefin) present on the C2-aryl group was spontaneous.</p>},
	issn = {1523-7060},
	doi = {10.1021/acs.orglett.5b03707},
	author = {More, Atul A. and Ramana, Chepuri V.}
}
