“…β-Fluororesveratrol was prepared as described previously (Scheme ). , Further purity was achieved by prep-HPLC [Luna 15 μm PREP silica (2) 100 Å column, 75:25 n -hexanes/ethyl acetate, 20 mL/min, 280 nm; retention time of 46.0 min ( Z -isomer)]: 1 H NMR (500 MHz, acetone- d 6 ) δ 8.67 (s, 1H), 8.20 (s, 2H), 7.55 (d, J = 7.8 Hz, 2H), 6.91 (d, J = 8.3 Hz, 2H), 6.68 (s, 2H), 6.28 (s, 1H), 6.24 (d, J = 41.5 Hz, 1H); 19 F NMR (470 MHz, acetone- d 6 ) δ −114.24 (d, J = 41.3 Hz); 13 C NMR (125 MHz, acetone- d 6 ) δ 159.45 (s), 158.30 (d, 1 J CF = 256.2 Hz), 136.79 (d, 3 J CF = 2.6 Hz), 126.84 (d, 3 J CF = 7.7 Hz), 125.20 (d, 2 J CF = 28.4 Hz), 116.51 (d, 4 J CF = 2.2 Hz), 108.35 (d, 4 J CF = 8.1 Hz), 104.71 (d, 2 J CF = 9.6 Hz), 102.69 (d, J = 1.9 Hz). , …”