The Effect of the Carbon Ligand on the Reaction of Organozinc Reagents in the Synthesis of Substituted 2,5-Dihydrofurans: A Rare Example of An Uncatalysed Allylic-Substitution Reaction Involving Alkyl Zinc Halides
Organozinchalides derived from Grignard reagents behave differently in their reaction with ethyl (±±)-(2RS,3SR)-tetrahydro-4-methylene-2-phenyl-3-(phenylsulfonyl)furan-3-carboxylate (3) according to the hybridisation of the carbon ligand. During the development of short multi-component reactions for the synthesis of diverse functionalized ethyl 2,5-dihydrofuran-3-carboxylates it was discovered that