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Lignanes. 17. Recherches sur la Synthese Totale d'un Norcycloneolignane, la Metasequirine-B

The total synthesis of the racemic furano bisbenzocycloheptene 3 is described.The compound 3, which contains five asymmetric centres, is the 5,8-bis-epimer of the tetra-O-methyl derivative of metasequirin-B (1), a norcycloneolignan of unusual structure.