Abstract
Several (±)-dibenzocyclooctadiene lignans, (±)-isoschizandrin (1a), 1b, 2a, and 2b, were synthesized by the samarium-Barbier reaction of the phenylpropenes 4 and the phenylacetone 5 to give the erythro- and threo-butanols 6 and 7, followed by oxidative aryl-aryl coupling reaction of each butanol.