Synthesis of a flav-3-ol via cinnamylphenol

Synthesis of a flav-3-ol via cinnamylphenol - Tetrahedron Letters, 23(38), p.3963-3964, 1982 .

Vinyl quinone methide reacts with polyphenols to give cinnamylphenols and neo-flavanoids . Oxidation of cinnamylphenol (b)leads to malvidin via the isolated intermediate flav-3-en-3o1 (b).