Oxidative cross-coupling approach to the biomimetic synthesis of the heterodimers of resveratrol and isorhapontigenin

The regioselective oxidative cross-coupling reactions of two different stilbene precursors catalyzed by FeCl3 or horseradish peroxidase-H2O2 in acetone solvent produced three dihydrobenzofuran-type heterodimers. The reductive debrominations of these cross-coupled dimers synthesized two heterodimers of resveratrol and isorhapontigenin, an analogue of (±)-scirpusin A and (±)-gnetuhainin...