Efficient synthesis of 2,3-trans-tetrahydropyrans and oxepanes: Rearrangement-ring expansion of cyclic ethers having a chloromethanesulfonate

Tetrahedron Letters

Volumn 40, Issue 11, 1999, Pages 2145-2148

  Hori, Nobuyuki ^a   Nagasawa, Kazuo ^a   Shimizu, Takeshi ^a   Nakata, Tadashi ^a  

^a INST OF PHYS AND CHEMICAL RESEARCH   (Japan)

Author keywords

Oxepanes; Rearrangements; Stereocontrol; Tetrahydropyrans

Indexed keywords

METHYL CHLORIDE; OXEPANE DERIVATIVE; TETRAHYDROPYRAN DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL REACTION; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; STEREOCHEMISTRY; SYNTHESIS;

EID: 0033548555     PISSN: 00404039     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0040-4039(99)00134-3     Document Type: Article

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