One-Step Assembly of Functionalized γ-Butyrolactones from Benzoins or Benzaldehydes via an N-Heterocyclic Carbene-Mediated Tandem Reaction
Organic LettersPublished 29 July 2005
Ye Wei, Guanliang Cai, Zeyang Zhuang, Xueshun Jia, Hongbin Zhai
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This work describes a direct, efficient, one-step construction of gamma,gamma-difunctionalized gamma-butyrolactones from benzoins or benzaldehydes via a tandem reaction promoted by 1,3-dimethyl imidazolin-2-ylidene, an N-heterocyclic carbene (NHC).
Abstract
We describe here a direct, efficient, one-step construction of gamma,gamma-difunctionalized gamma-butyrolactones from benzoins or benzaldehydes via a tandem reaction promoted by 1,3-dimethyl imidazolin-2-ylidene, an N-heterocyclic carbene (NHC). [reaction: see text]
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