A Novel Copper Chelate Catalyzed Ring Closure Reaction of 1,2-Bisketenes with Alcohols To Give 5-Alkoxy-2,3-dihydrofuran-2-ones
作者:Michael M. Dejmek、Rüdiger Selke
DOI:10.1002/(sici)1521-3773(19980619)37:11<1540::aid-anie1540>3.0.co;2-x
日期:1998.6.19
Copper complexes with distorted tetrahedral structure in solution catalyze regioselectively the cyclization of 1,2-bisketenes with alcohols to give 5-alkoxy-2,3-dihydrofuran-2-ones in very high yields (shown on the right). It seems remarkable that these new compounds could remain undiscovered despite having structural similarities with a great number of well-investigated and biologically active butenolides.