Jm. Mellor et S. Mohammed, SYNTHESIS OF OXASPIROLACTONES BY MANGANIC ACETATE PROMOTED ADDITIONS TO EXOCYCLIC ENOL LACTONES, Tetrahedron, 49(34), 1993, pp. 7547-7556
Oxidation of diverse beta-diketones and beta-ketoesters with manganic
acetate generates intermediates which add to exocyclic enol lactones t
o afford spirocyclic lactone products. In the presence of added copper
acetate the reaction pathway can be diverted to give unsaturated keto
esters.