Organic & biomolecular chemistry

Construction of medium-ring oxacycloalkenones. Extension towards benzo-fused cyclic ethers

F Lecornué, J Ollivier

Index: Lecornue, Frederic; Ollivier, Jean Organic and Biomolecular Chemistry, 2003 , vol. 1, # 20 p. 3600 - 3604

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Abstract

Application of the intramolecular Kulinkovich cyclopropanation of oxa-ω-alkenoic esters followed by Saegusa oxidation and dehydrohalogenation led to simple or benzo-fused oxacycloalkenones, basic structural elements in a wide range of naturally occurring compounds.