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A new short synthesis of 5,6-dimethylxanthenone-4-acetic acid (ASA404, DMXAA)
β Scribed by Shangjin Yang; William A. Denny
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 2009
- Tongue
- French
- Weight
- 217 KB
- Volume
- 50
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0040-4039
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β¦ Synopsis
A new short synthesis of 5,6-dimethylxanthenone-4-acetic acid (ASA404) is developed. The key steps of the synthesis are dibromination of 3,4-dimethylbenzoic acid, followed by regioselective coupling with 2hydroxyphenylacetic acid and subsequent cyclodehydration.
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