An Improved Procedure for Cyclisation of Chalcones to Flavanones Using Celite Supported Potassium Fluoride in Methanol: Total Synthesis of Bavachinin

Abstract
Chalcones may be cyclised to the corresponding flavanones by stirring with KF-celite suspended in methanol at reflux. This method gives consistently higher conversion than other reported procedures and its utility is illustrated by the synthesis of the linear prenylated flavanone bavachinin.