Abstract
Qinghao acid (1) is converted via dihydroqinghao aldehyde (6) into secondary alcohols, each of which upon photooxygenation followed by treatment with copper(II) trifluoromethanesulfonate in dichloromethane-acetonitrile under oxygen in a "one-pot" operation affords ethyldeoxoqinghaosu (10), phenyldeoxoqinghaosu (11), allyldeoxoqinghaosu (12) and the β- and α-epimers 17 and 18 of 5-carba-4-deoxoartesunic acid, novel carbon analogues of artesunate.

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