Organic letters

Synthesis of substituted 3-hydroxy-2-furanone derivatives via an unusual enolate Wittig rearrangement/alkylative cyclization sequence

RK Everett, JP Wolfe

Index: Organic Letters, , vol. 15, # 12 p. 2926 - 2929

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Abstract

... Volume: Page: ... Organic Letters. ... Upon workup, protonation of the enolate would generate 14, which can then undergo conjugate addition of water or hydroxide to provide alcohol 15.(13) Intramolecular acylation of the alcohol then yields the product 4.(14). ...