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Synthesis of γ-butyrolactones via the ene reaction of ethyl α-chloro-α-phenylthioacetate and 1-alkenes

K Akiba, Y Takasu, M Wada

Index: Akiba, Kin-ya; Takasu, Yasuhito; Wada, Makoto Tetrahedron Letters, 1985 ,  vol. 26,  # 20  p. 2463 - 2466

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Download full text in PDF Opens in a new window. Article suggestions will be shown in a dialog on return to ScienceDirect. ... Please enable JavaScript to use all the features on this page. ... Ethyl α-chloro-α-phenylthioacetate reacted with 1-alkenes in CH 2 Cl 2 at -78–0°C in the presence of SnCl 4 to afford the ene reaction products (80–90%), which were readily converted into the corresponding γ-butyrolactones. ... Chem, Lett. (1983), p. 633 and references cited therein.