A new facile route for the synthesis of dl-shikonin is presented. Reformatsky reaction assisted cross-coupling of 1, 4,......

The new synthetic route of (±)shikalkin 1 was developed. 3-(1-Hydroxy-4-methyl-3- pentenyl)-5, 8-dimethoxy-1-naphth......

A new approach for asymmetric synthesis of alkannin and shikonin is presented. The chiral centers of the targets were in......