E. Lattmann et al., PYRANOFURANONES VIA LEWIS-ACID MEDIATED HETERO-DIELS-ALDER REACTIONS OF 4-FURAN-2(5H)ONES - A CONVERGENT ROUTE TO THE MANOALIDE SUBSTRUCTURE, Synthesis, (1), 1996, pp. 171
A variety of dienes and 4-formylfuran-2(5H)-ones enter into hetero-Die
ls-Alder reactions. The choice of Lewis acid is decisive and must be t
uned to the reactivity of both diene and dienophile. Sensitive cycload
ducts are prepared in the presence of Me(3)Al/AlCl3 and a straightforw
ard route to pyranofuranones is described.