First Total Synthesis of A New 5-Deoxyflavone

A novel 5-deoxyflavone compound, 7, 8-dimethoxy-3′, 4′-methylene-dioxyflavone (1), was in 2002 isolated from the root bark of Albizia Odoratissima. [1] The compound 1 was preparaed from pyrogallic acid (2) and piperonal(5) in four steps (Scheme 1). [2] The spectroscopic data (1H NMR, 13C NMR, MS and IR) of 1 were in good agreement with those of natural product. [ 1]