“…The substituted coumarins ( 1a – e ) were then reacted with 1,2-dibromoethane, 1,3-dibromopropane or 3-bromo-1-propyne, respectively, to give 2a – e , 3a – e , 4a – e , 7a , 7b , and 9a were obtained by dihydroartemisinin(DHA) reacted with 2-bromoethanol, 3-bromo-1-propanol, or 3-bromo-1-propyne, respectively, as β configuration (indicated by the small coupling constants between 9-H and 10-H in 1 H NMR, J 9,10 = 3–4 Hz [20]) by using boron trifluoride ethyl ether as a catalyst [21]. Further azidation of 2a – e , 3a – e , 7a , and 7b gave compounds 5a – e , 6a – e , 8a , and 8b [22].…”