Abstract
An efficient formal synthesis of (±)-glabridin was accomplished in 10 steps from resorcinol using Raney Ni to reduce carbon–carbon double bonds in α,β-unsaturated carbonyl compound as the key step.
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ACKNOWLEDGMENT
This work was supported by a research grant from Shandong Analysis and Test Center.