Scheme 2.
(A) Iodine-promoted cyclization of Δ9-THC (1) to CBN (7); (B) iodine-promoted prenylchromene-benzochromane rearrangement of CBC (4) to CBN (7). R = n-pentyl. The two terminal arrows indicate additional dehydrogenation, for which 1,4-addition of iodine followed by two-fold dehydrohalogenation seems plausible [97].
