Tetrahedron

Expeditious synthesis of dihydronaphthofurans utilising 1, 2-dioxines and stabilised phosphorus ylides

TD Haselgrove, M Jevric, DK Taylor, ERT Tiekink

Index: Haselgrove, Thomas D.; Jevric, Martyn; Taylor, Dennis K.; Tiekink, Edward R. T. Tetrahedron, 1999 , vol. 55, # 51 p. 14739 - 14762

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Abstract

A new practical synthesis of functionalised 1, 2-dihydronaphtho [2, 1-b] furans from substituted 2, 4a-dihydronaphtho [2, 1-c][1, 2] dioxines and stabilised phosphorus ylides is described. Functionalised γ-hydroxy enones and their isomeric hemiacetals are key intermediates.