Oxidative cyclization reactions of trienes and dienynes: Total synthesis of membrarollin

…, LJ Brown, WG Whittingham, RCD Brown

Index: Brown, Richard C. D.; Bataille, Carole J.; Hughes, Robert M.; Kenney, Anne; Luker, Tim J. Journal of Organic Chemistry, 2002 , vol. 67, # 23 p. 8079 - 8085

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Abstract

Trienes and dienynes containing one electron-deficient double bond were shown to undergo regio-and stereoselective oxidative cyclization in the presence of permanganate ion to afford 2, 5-bis-hydroxyalkyltetrahydrofurans (THF diols). The THF diols produced