Ie. Marko et al., SIMPLE AND EFFICIENT PREPARATION OF DIHYDROPYRANS AND SPIROKETALS USING THE INTRAMOLECULAR SILYL MODIFIED SAKURAI (ISMS) REACTION, Bulletin des Societes chimiques belges, 102(10), 1993, pp. 655-661
Substituted tetrahydropyrans, spiroethers and spiroketals can be prepa
red in a single step using the ISMS reaction between the bis-silylated
reagent 7b and aldehydes (acetals), ketones (ketals) and ortholactone
s respectively. This simple methodology was applied to the rapid synth
esis of a pheromone containing a [4,5]-spiroketal unit.