HIGHLY STEREOSELECTIVE ACCESS TO 2,4-SUBSTITUTED AND 2,4,5-SUBSTITUTED TETRAHYDROFURANS FROM ALPHA-SILYLACETIC ESTERS - A STUDY OF HOMOALLYLIC STEREOCONTROL
O. Andrey et Y. Landais, HIGHLY STEREOSELECTIVE ACCESS TO 2,4-SUBSTITUTED AND 2,4,5-SUBSTITUTED TETRAHYDROFURANS FROM ALPHA-SILYLACETIC ESTERS - A STUDY OF HOMOALLYLIC STEREOCONTROL, Tetrahedron letters, 34(52), 1993, pp. 8435-8438
Cis-2,4- and cis-cis-2,4,5-substituted tetrahydrofurans have been prep
ared stereoselectively using electrophile-mediated cyclization of beta
-hydroxyhomoallylsilanes, readily available from alpha-silylacetic est
ers.