Organic Letters
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Deprotection of the methoxy groups gave trans-piceatannol 7
in high yield (Scheme 3).
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
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We are grateful for the financial support from the National
Natural Science Foundation of China (21977058), China
Postdoctoral Science Foundation (2018T110533), the Project
of “Jiangsu 333 high-level talents”, Natural Science Fundation
of the Jiangsu Higher Education Institutions of China
(19KJB150036), and the Science and Technology Program
of Nantong (JC2019099). L.Z., P.C., and F.L. thank the fund
from the College Students Innovation and Entrepreneurship
Training Program of Jiangsu Province. We also acknowledge
support from the Large Instruments Open Foundation of
Nantong University (KBJN1953).
Scheme 3. Concise Synthesis of Piceatannol (7)
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AUTHOR INFORMATION
Corresponding Authors
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Xiaodong Qiu − School of Pharmacy, Nantong University,
Yong Ling − School of Pharmacy, Nantong University, Nantong
Authors
Yangyang Li − School of Pharmacy, Nantong University,
Nantong 226001, China
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Li Zhou − School of Pharmacy, Nantong University, Nantong
226001, China
Peishan Chen − School of Pharmacy, Nantong University,
Nantong 226001, China
Fan Li − School of Pharmacy, Nantong University, Nantong
226001, China
Yanan Zhang − School of Pharmacy, Nantong University,
Nantong 226001, China
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The authors declare no competing financial interest.
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