S. Caddick et S. Khan, PREPARATION OF THE A-RING OF NEOCARZINOSTATIN AND KEDARCIDIN CHROMOPHORES VIA A STEREOCONTROLLED BASE-MEDIATED ISOMERIZATION REACTION, Journal of the Chemical Society, Chemical Communications, (19), 1995, pp. 1971-1972
A new base promoted isomerisation of 6-(1,1-dimethylethoxy)-2H-pyran-3
-one to 4-(1,1-dimethylethoxy)-5-hydroxy-2-cyclopentenone is used in t
he preparation of 2-bromo-5-[(1,1 thyl)dimethylsilyloxy]-4-hydroxy-2-c
yclopentenone, a potential intermediate for use in the synthesis of Ne
ocarzinostatin and Kedarcidin chromophores.