An Efficient Oxidative Lactonization of 1,4-Diols Catalyzed by Cp*Ru(PN) Complexes
- 1 April 2007
- journal article
- Published by American Chemical Society (ACS) in Organic Letters
- Vol. 9 (9) , 1821-1824
- https://doi.org/10.1021/ol0706408
Abstract
[reaction: see text] An efficient oxidative lactonization of 1,4-diols in acetone is accomplished by the well-defined ruthenium catalyst, whose bifunctional nature underlies the high efficiency as well as unique chemo- and regioselectivity of the reaction which provides a rapid access to gamma-butyrolactones including flavor lactones hinokinin, and muricatacin.Keywords
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