
%0 Journal Article
%A Birch, AJ 
%A Dahl, CJ 
%A Pelter, A 
%T Synthetic evidence for the structure of xanthorrhone
%J Australian Journal of Chemistry
%D 1969/02/01
%V 22
%N 2
%P 423-426
%K 
%R https://doi.org/10.1071/CH9690423
%U https://www.publish.csiro.au/paper/CH9690423 
%X Reaction of 5,7-dimethoxyflavanone with sodium borohydride gives the flavanol, which condenses in the presence of acid with phloroglucinol to give (III), and with (-)-pinocembrin to give a small yield of a substance indistinguishable in its mass spectrum from xanthorrhone (I). 
