Nopporn ThasanaSomchai PisutjaroenpongSomsak RuchirawatChulabhorn Research InstituteThe Institute of Science and Technology for Research and Development, Mahidol University2018-08-202018-08-202006-05-03Synlett. No.7 (2006), 1080-1084093652142-s2.0-33646548606https://repository.li.mahidol.ac.th/handle/20.500.14594/23164The application of directed orthometallation (DoM), Fries rearrangement and transmetallation followed by allylation and cyclization is reported for the conversion of biphenol to binaphthol as a means for the synthesis of diospyrol. Furthermore, the same transformation can be accomplished by the reaction of the dienolate anion of an α,β-unsaturated amide with an aryne intermediate. © Georg Thieme Verlag Stuttgart.Mahidol UniversityChemistryArticleSCOPUS10.1055/s-2006-939075