Jw. Pan et al., STUDIES TOWARDS THE SYNTHESIS OF FORSKOLIN FROM CARBOHYDRATES - PREPARATION OF 2,3-DISUBSTITUTED GLYCALS, Bulletin de la Societe chimique de France, 131(6), 1994, pp. 665-673
Chiral cyclobutanones 5, prepared by cycloaddition of dichloroketene a
nd glycals, undergo ring-expansion to give cyclopentene-annulated tetr
ahydropyran 19. This compound was found to be a useful intermediate fo
r the preparation of various 2,3-disubstituted glycals. In particular,
a synthetic route to trienone 3, a potential precursor for the intram
olecular Diels-Alder in the construction of the ABC ring system of for
skolin, is described.