Synthesis of optically active butenolides and γ-lactones by the sharpless asymmetric dihydroxylation of β,γ-unsaturated carboxylic esters

Angewandte Chemie (International Edition in English)

Volumn 36, Issue 24, 1998, Pages

  Harcken, Christian ^a   Brückner, Reinhard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Asymmetric synthesis; Butenolides; Dihydroxylations; Furanones; Lactones

Indexed keywords

EID: 0032491849     PISSN: 05700833     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

References (4)

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2. b) G. Poli, C. Scolastico, Methoden Org. Chem. (Houben-Weyl) 4th ed. 1952-, Vol. E21e, pp. 4547-4598.
3. Recent syntheses of nonracemic γ-chiral butenolides: a) B. Figadère, J.-F. Peyrat, A. Cavé, J. Org. Chem. 1997, 62, 3428-3429;
4. b) J. A. Marshall, M. A. Wolf, E. M. Wallace, J. Org. Chem. ibid. 1997, 62, 367-371;