T. Itoh et al., SYNTHESIS OF NEW ALPHA,ALPHA-DIFLUORO-GAMMA-LACTONES THROUGH INTRAMOLECULAR RADICAL CYCLIZATION AS A KEY REACTION, Tetrahedron letters, 36(20), 1995, pp. 3531-3534
Carbon radicals from allyl ethylsilyl-alpha-bromo-alpha,alpha-difluoro
acetals can cyclize onto olefines regiospecifically to give gamma-lact
ols in good yield. These lactols have been converted to the correspond
ing alpha,alpha-difluoro-gamma-lactones. The first synthesis of three
new alpha,alpha-difluoro-gamma-lactones has been accomplished.