(±)-Trans-2-[3-methoxy-4-(4-chlorophenyl thioethoxy)-5-cyanophenyl]-5- (3,4,5-trimethoxyphenyl)tetrahydrofuran, a potent PAF-receptor antagonist

Article abstract of DOI:10.1016/S0040-4020(99)00544-X

The synthesis of (±)-trans-2-[3-methoxy-4- (chlorophenylthioethoxyphenyl)-5-cyanophenyl]-5-(3,4,5- trimethoxyphenyl)tetrahydrofuran from commercially available acetovanillone and 3,4,5-trimethoxybenzaldehyde is described.