Abstract
Anhydrodihydroartemisinin (1) was epoxidized with MCPBA-2KF and the resulting 11β,12β-epoxide (2) treated with acidic aqueous acetone to yield 11β-hydroxydihydroepiartemisinin (5). The major product of the reaction of 1 with catalytic quantities of osmium tetroxide using NMO as a co-oxidant was 11α-hydroxydihydroartemisinin (4). Both 4 and 5 were oxidized to the corresponding 11-hydroxyartemisinins.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 2129-2132 |
| Number of pages | 4 |
| Journal | Tetrahedron Letters |
| Volume | 35 |
| Issue number | 14 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - 4 Apr 1994 |
| Externally published | Yes |