The behaviour of qinghaosu (artemisinin) in the presence of non-heme iron(II) and (III)

Richard K. Haynes, Simone C. Vonwiller

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Abstract

In aprotic solvents with FeCl3, FeCl3/N-acetyl cysteine or FeCl2, qinghaosu (artemisinin) undergoes rearrangement to give the tetrahydrofuran acetate, 4-hydroxydesoxoqinghaosu or the enol lactone as the major product on the amount of catalyst used and the polarity of the reaction medium.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)257-260
Number of pages4
JournalTetrahedron Letters
Volume37
Issue number2
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 08 Jan 1996

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