Author's Organization:Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Kinki University Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Kinki University Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Kinki University Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Kinki University
A facile synthetic route was developed to (±)-magnosalicin (1), a new type of neolignan with antiallergy activity isolated from Magnolia salicifolia, starting from a chalcone, 1, 3-bis(2', 4', 5'-trimethoxyphenyl)prop-2-en-1-one (3).