Intramolecular additions of alcohols and carboxylic acids to inert olefins catalyzed by silver (I) triflate

CG Yang, NW Reich, Z Shi, C He

Index: Yang, Cai-Guang; Reich, Nicholas W.; Shi, Zhangjie; He, Chuan Organic Letters, 2005 , vol. 7, # 21 p. 4553 - 4556

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Abstract

Intramolecular additions of hydroxyl or carboxyl groups to inert olefins catalyzed by simple silver (I) triflate are described. Good to excellent yields can be obtained for a range of substrates under relatively mild conditions. This reaction represents one of the simplest methods to construct cyclic ethers or lactones.