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Efficient transformation of (Z)-2-butene-1, 4-diols to α, β-butenolides: A simple synthesis of (±)-eldanolide

TK Chakraborty, S Chandrasekaran

Index: Chakraborty, T.K.; Chandrasekaran, S. Tetrahedron Letters, 1984 , vol. 25, # 27 p. 2891 - 2894

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Abstract

)-2-Butene-1, 4-diols are efficiently converted to the corresponding α, β-butenolides using silver carbonate/celite and this methodology has been applied to the synthesis of (±)- eldanolide, the wing gland pheromone of the male African sugar cane borer, Full-size image (< 1 K)