Collect. Czech. Chem. Commun.
1991, 56, 1037-1041
https://doi.org/10.1135/cccc19911037
An approach to the synthesis of novel 11-hydroxyartemisinin derivatives
Orlin Petrov and Iliya Ognyanov*
Institute of Organic Chemistry with Centre of Phytochemistry, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Sofia 1113, Bulgaria
Abstract
The conversion of artemisinin (I) to the epoxide V and its use for the preparation of novel artemisinin derivatives as potential antimalarial drugs is described.