Diastereoselective synthesis of pentasubstituted γ-butyrolactones from silyl glyoxylates and ketones through a double reformatsky reaction

Angewandte Chemie - International Edition

Volumn 48, Issue 20, 2009, Pages 3689-3691

  Greszler, Stephen N ^a   Johnson, Jeffrey S ^a  

^a University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

Author keywords

Diastereoselectivity; Ketones; Lactones; Reformatsky reaction; Silyl glyoxylates

Indexed keywords

BUTYROLACTONES; DIASTEREOSELECTIVE SYNTHESIS; DIASTEREOSELECTIVITY; ELECTROPHILES; FUNCTIONALIZED; LACTONES; REFORMATSKY REACTION; SECONDARY TRANSFORMATION; SILYL GLYOXYLATES; STEREOCENTERS; SYNTHETIC UTILITY; TERT-BUTYLDIMETHYLSILYL;

SILANES; STEREOSELECTIVITY;

KETONES;

GAMMA BUTYROLACTONE; GLYOXYLIC ACID; GLYOXYLIC ACID DERIVATIVE; KETONE;

CHEMISTRY; STEREOISOMERISM; SYNTHESIS;

4-BUTYROLACTONE; GLYOXYLATES; KETONES; STEREOISOMERISM;

EID: 70349970835     PISSN: 14337851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/anie.200900215     Document Type: Article

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