Some of the starting materials and reagents used for the synthesis of arylnaphthalene lactone analogues.

Ref.	Starting material(s)	Reagent(s)	Solvent	Type 1 and type II ANL yields (%)
41	Arylpropargyl, arylpropiolate esters	4-Vinylpyridin, (P4-VP)	Xylene	50–60
42	Phenylpropiolic acid, phenylpropargyl alcohol	P4-VP, acid catalyst	Xylene	45–50
43	Isovanillin	Benzyl chloride	Xylene	70–75
44	Diynes and arynes	Pd catalyzed	CH3CN	40–70
45	1-Phenyldihydronaphthofuran	Jones reagent	DMAc	20–30
46	Phenylpropargyl chloride, phenylacetylene	Ag catalyzed	DMA	16–30
47	AACMs	Lewis acid	CF3COOH	50–65