Chiral homoenolate anion equivalents: synthesis of optically pure 5-substituted furan-2(5H)-ones
- 1 January 1984
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) in Journal of the Chemical Society, Chemical Communications
- No. 1,p. 19-20
- https://doi.org/10.1039/c39840000019
Abstract
Addition of the dianion of (+)-(R)-3-[(4-methylphenyl)sulphinyl]propionic acid (1) to aldehydes affords two main diastereoisomeric β-sulphinyl-γ-lactones, pyrolysis of which gives the two enantiomers of 5-substituted furan-2(5H)-ones in optically pure form.Keywords
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