Diastereoselective, three-component cascade synthesis of tetrahydrofurans and tetrahydropyrans employing the tandem Mukaiyama aldol-lactonization process

Journal of Organic Chemistry

Volumn 73, Issue 24, 2008, Pages 9544-9551

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

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CASCADE PROCESSES; CASCADE SYNTHESIS; CHEMICAL EQUATIONS; COUPLING CONSTANT ANALYSIS; DIASTEREOSELECTIVE; DIASTEREOSELECTIVE SYNTHESIS; KETENE ACETALS; LACTONIZATION; MUKAIYAMA ALDOLS; NUCLEOPHILIC ADDITIONS; OXOCARBENIUM; OXOCARBENIUM IONS; OXYGEN HETEROCYCLES; STEREOCENTERS; SYNTHESIS OF; TETRAHYDROFURAN; TETRAHYDROFURANS; X-RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHIES;

CHEMICAL BONDS; CHEMICAL REACTIONS; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; KETONES; OXYGEN; SILANES; SUGAR (SUCROSE); X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY;

SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL);

ALDEHYDES; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; CYCLIZATION; FURANS; KETONES; LACTONES; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR CONFORMATION; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; PYRANS; STEREOISOMERISM;

EID: 58049191526     PISSN: 00223263     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jo801604k     Document Type: Article

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