Y. Matano et H. Suzuki, REACTION OF A MODERATELY STABILIZED BISMUTHONIUM YLIDE WITH 1,2-DICARBONYL COMPOUNDS - A NOVEL RING ENLARGEMENT OF ORTHO-QUINONES TO 3-HYDROXYTROPONES, Chemical communications, (24), 1996, pp. 2697-2698
Triphenylbismuthonium 2-oxoalkylide 2, generated in situ from salt 1 i
n THF at low temperature, readily reacts with 1,2-dicarbonyl compounds
3 to give 2,3-diacyloxiranes 4 or 2-acyl-3-hydroxytropones 5 dependin
g on the structure of the electrophiles involved.