AN EXPEDITIOUS SYNTHESIS OF 4-ARYL-GAMMA-BUTYROLACTONES, 4-ARYL-GAMMA-FURAN-2(5H)-ONES AND 4-ARYL-GAMMA-5-ALKOXYFURAN-2(5H)-ONES VIA HECK-REACTION OF ARENEDIAZONIUM SALTS WITH 2,5-DIHYDROFURAN
G. Mehta et S. Sengupta, AN EXPEDITIOUS SYNTHESIS OF 4-ARYL-GAMMA-BUTYROLACTONES, 4-ARYL-GAMMA-FURAN-2(5H)-ONES AND 4-ARYL-GAMMA-5-ALKOXYFURAN-2(5H)-ONES VIA HECK-REACTION OF ARENEDIAZONIUM SALTS WITH 2,5-DIHYDROFURAN, Tetrahedron letters, 37(47), 1996, pp. 8625-8626
An exceptionally simple and short synthetic sequence to 4-substituted
furan-2(5H)-ones involving a Heck reaction on 2,5-dihydrofuran and sub
sequent iterative NBS oxidation is described. Copyright (C) 1996 Publi
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