M. Sato et al., AN EFFICIENT SYNTHESIS OF CIS-HYDROINDAN-5-ONES BY NOVEL MODIFIED DE MAYO REACTION USING 2,3-DIHYDRO-4-PYRONES AS THE ENONE CHROMOPHORE, Chemistry Letters, (12), 1994, pp. 2191-2194
A de Mayo type cyclobutane ring opening of the photo[2+2]cycloadduct d
erived from 2,3-dihydro-4-pyrones and cyclopentene was effected by hea
ting the adduct under an acid catalysis. The 1,2-disubstituted cyclope
ntanes thus formed spontaneously underwent intramolecular Michael addi
tion to afford cis-hydroindan-5-ones in satisfactory yields.