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Radical cyclisations onto 2 (5H)-furanone and maleate electrophores. An approach to the spiro-and linear-fused γ-lactone ring systems found in the ginkgolides

T Harrison, PL Myers, G Pattenden

Index: Harrison, Timothy; Myers, Peter L.; Pattenden, Gerald Tetrahedron, 1989 , vol. 45, # 16 p. 5247 - 5262

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Abstract

Intramolecular radical cyclisations involving α-acetal methyl centres, and 2 (5H)-furanone and maleate electrophores, allow the facile synthesis of spiro-and linear-fused γ-lactone ring systems eg (5),(6),(7) and (8) present in the 'ginkgolides' viz (1) and (2) produced by the ginkgo tree Ginkgo biloba.