Highly diastereoselective, tandem, three-component synthesis of tetrahydrofurans from ketoaldehydes via silylated β-lactone intermediates

Angewandte Chemie - International Edition

Volumn 47, Issue 27, 2008, Pages 5026-5029

  Mitchell, T Andrew ^a   Zhao, Cunxiang ^a   Romo, Daniel ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cyclization; Mukaiyama aldol; Oxocarbenium ions; Synthetic methods; Tandem reactions

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL REACTIONS; SILANES; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL);

CYCLIZATION; MUKAIYAMA ALDOL; OXOCARBENIUM IONS; SYNTHETIC METHODS; TANDEM REACTIONS;

CHEMICAL BONDS;

ALDEHYDE; FURAN DERIVATIVE; LACTONE; SILANE DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; CYCLIZATION; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; STEREOISOMERISM; SYNTHESIS;

ALDEHYDES; CYCLIZATION; FURANS; LACTONES; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; SILANES; STEREOISOMERISM;

EID: 49849095367     PISSN: 14337851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/anie.200800235     Document Type: Article

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