SYNTHESIS OF HYDROXYMETHYL LACTONES AND SPIROKETALS VIA CYCLIZATION OF EPOXY OXACARBENE COMPLEXES

Authors
MARSON CM RANDALL L WINTER MJ
Citation
Cm. Marson et al., SYNTHESIS OF HYDROXYMETHYL LACTONES AND SPIROKETALS VIA CYCLIZATION OF EPOXY OXACARBENE COMPLEXES, Tetrahedron letters, 35(36), 1994, pp. 6717-6720
Citations number
23
Categorie Soggetti
Chemistry Inorganic & Nuclear
Journal title
Tetrahedron letters → ACNP
ISSN journal
00404039
Volume
35
Issue
36
Year of publication
1994
Pages
6717 - 6720
Database
ISI
SICI code
0040-4039(1994)35:36<6717:SOHLAS>2.0.ZU;2-6
Abstract
Metal acyls containing a terminal epoxide unit undergo cyclization wit h SnCl4 to give oxacarbene complexes that can be cleaved to hydroxymet hyl lactones using pyridine N-oxide.