Biomimetic Synthesis of Complex Flavonoids Isolated from Daemonorops “Dragon's Blood”

Matthias Schmid; Dirk Trauner

doi:10.1002/anie.201705390

Biomimetic Synthesis of Complex Flavonoids Isolated from Daemonorops “Dragon's Blood”

Matthias Schmid, Dirk Trauner

Chemistry

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Abstract

The dragonbloodins are a pair of complex flavonoid trimers that have been isolated from the palm tree Daemonorops draco, one of the sources of the ancient resin known as “dragon's blood”. We present a short synthesis that clarifies their relative configurations and sheds light on their origin in Nature. This synthesis features biomimetic cascade reactions that involve both ionic and radical intermediates. The biogenetic relationships between dracorhodin, the dracoflavans C, and the dragonbloodins A1 and A2 are discussed.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	12332-12335
Number of pages	4
Journal	Angewandte Chemie - International Edition
Volume	56
Issue number	40
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.201705390
State	Published - Sep 25 2017

Keywords

autoxidation
biomimetic synthesis
cascade reactions
natural products
total synthesis

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Catalysis
Chemistry(all)

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