摘要:
                                Reaction of 4-hydroxy-2-cyclobutenones with PhI(OAc)(2) in 1,2-dichloroethane at reflux temperature gave rise to 5-acetoxy-2(5H)-furanones as a rearranged product, formation of which is explained by ring cleavage of the once formed hypervalent iodine intermediate and following recyclization of the resulting acyl cation with a carbonyl oxygen. Likewise, 5-methoxy-2(5H)-furanones were obtained in better yields by using methanol as both a solvent and a nucleophile. Extension of this reaction to simple 2-hydroxycycloalkanones resulted in ring cleavage to methyl omega-formylalkanoates under milder conditions. In this case, the mechanism is explained by known glycol cleavage with PhI(OAc)(2).