V. Dalla et P. Pale, SILVER-CATALYZED HETEROCYCLIZATION - FIRST TOTAL SYNTHESIS OF THE NATURALLY-OCCURRING CIS 2-HEXADECYL-3-HYDROXY-4-METHYLENE BUTYROLACTONE, Tetrahedron letters, 35(21), 1994, pp. 3525-3528
The title compound was obtained in 4 steps with an overall yield of 64
% with the silver-catalyzed cyclization of the corresponding substitut
ed beta- hydroxy-gamma- acetylenic acid as the key-step.