Jg. Urones et al., REGIO AND STEREOSELECTIVITY IN THE SYNTHESIS OF A 2,2,6,6-TETRASUBSTITUTED TETRAHYDROPYRAN FROM GERANYL ACETATE - SYNTHESIS OF DIHYDROPYRANS, Synlett, (8), 1995, pp. 855-856
The tetrahydropyranic fraction from the cyclization of geranyl acetate
with phenylselenenic acid has only two racemic diasteroisomers that w
ere separated as their hydroxyderivatives 7 and 8. The establishment o
f the stereochemistry for both pairs of diasteroisomers is reported as
well as the transformation of 7 and 8 into a unique racemic dihydropy
rane 4, a precursor of beta-pyrones. A mechanism for the regio-stereos
elective cyclization is proposed.