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A rearranged hydroperoxide from the reduction of artemisinin
Sy, Lai-King,Hui, Shi-Man,Cheung, Kung-Kai,Brown, Geoffrey D.
, p. 7493 - 7500 (1997)
Lithium aluminium hydride reduction of artemisinin produces two unexpected rearrangement products in addition to those reported previously. The structure of the major rearrangement product, a tertiary hydroperoxide, was determined by 2D-NMR and chemical reactions. A mechanism is proposed for this rearrangement, based on the observation that dihydroartemisinin can also be converted into the same hydroperoxide in alkaline solution.
