Zinc-mediated domino elimination-alkylation of methyl 5-iodopentofuranosides: an easy route to unsaturated carbohydrates for transition metal-catalyzed carbocyclizations
L. Hyldtoft et al., Zinc-mediated domino elimination-alkylation of methyl 5-iodopentofuranosides: an easy route to unsaturated carbohydrates for transition metal-catalyzed carbocyclizations, CHEM COMMUN, (20), 1999, pp. 2101-2102
5-Iodopentofuranosides are converted with zinc and allyl/propargyl bromide
into dienes/enynes which are further used in carbohydrate annulation reacti
ons.