Rm. Lawrence et P. Perlmutter, THE SYNTHESIS AND SOME MANIPULATIONS OF DIALKYL 6-ARYL (OR ALKYL)-2-OXOTETRAHYDRO-2H-PYRAN-3,5-DICARBOXYLATES, Australian Journal of Chemistry, 49(8), 1996, pp. 839-845
A new, one-pot annulation process, involving conjugate addition of the
sodium salts of dimethyl (or dibenzyl) malonate to alkyl 2-(1-hydroxy
alkyl)propenoates, produces a mixture of dialkyl 6-aryl(or lkyl)-2-oxo
tetrahydro-2H-pyran-3,5-dicarboxylates. Alkylations of the cis-isomers
were found to be highly stereoselective. The introduction of unsatura
tion into these molecules is also described.