The first total synthesis of Cicerfuran utilizing a one-pot synthesis of hydroxylated benzofuranes, Zoltán Novák, Géza Timári, András Kotschy, Tetrahedron 2003, 59, 7509-7513. DOI: 10.1016/S0040-4020(03)01170-0 |

A simple one-pot procedure was elaborated for the preparation of hydroxylated benzofurans from halogenated phenols and was successfully applied to the first total synthesis of Cicerfuran, a natural defence agent of wild chickpea.