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lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
23
pubmed:dateCreated
2007-11-2
pubmed:abstractText
A two-step strategy for conversion of beta-lactones to gamma-lactones and 3(2H)-furanones was developed involving initial acyl C-O cleavage leading to delta-hydroxy-alpha-diazo-beta-ketoesters and beta-ketophosphonates. Subsequent tandem Wolff rearrangement/lactonization of these alpha-diazo intermediates provided cis-fused gamma-lactones efficiently under photolytic or thermolytic conditions. In addition, cis-fused 3(2H)-furanones were obtained by rhodium(II)-catalyzed O-H insertion reactions of the delta-hydroxy-alpha-diazo intermediates.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:status
PubMed-not-MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Nov
pubmed:issn
0022-3263
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
9
pubmed:volume
72
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
8939-42
pubmed:year
2007
pubmed:articleTitle
Transformation of fused bicyclic and tricyclic beta-lactones to fused gamma-lactones and 3(2H)-furanones via ring expansions and O-H insertions.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Chemistry, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77842-3012, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article