Synthetic communications

A convenient synthesis of 3-arylbutanolides and 3-arylbutenolides

JX Gu, HL Holland

Index: Gu, Jian-Xin; Holland, Herbert L. Synthetic Communications, 1998 , vol. 28, # 18 p. 3305 - 3315

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Abstract

Abstract A series of 3-aryl-substituted butenolides and butanolides has been prepared in a common short synthetic sequence from the corresponding aryl aldehydes. The 3- arylbutanolides are prepared by cyclisation of 3-aryl-3-cyano-1-propanols, obtained by