Md. Groaning et al., ALLYLDIMETHYLTRITYLSILANE - SYNTHESIS OF CYCLOPENTANOLS, OXETANES, AND TETRAHYDROFURANS BY REACTION WITH ELECTRON-DEFICIENT OLEFINS, Journal of organic chemistry, 63(16), 1998, pp. 5517-5522
Allyldimethyltritylsilane (ADTS, 1) has been employed to access a vari
ety of cyclopentanols via Lewis acid mediated annulation to electron d
eficient olefins. The intermediate silylcyclopentanes were converted t
o their respective cyclopentanols under mild, nonepimerizing oxidative
conditions. In addition, ADTS undergoes efficient annulation onto ald
ehydes to provide oxetanes and tetrahydrofurans. Same preliminary inve
stigations of this annulation to chiral nonracemic bicyclic lactams ar
e presented.