The Journal of organic chemistry

Aqueous iodine (III)-mediated stereoselective oxidative cyclization for the synthesis of functionalized fused dihydrofuran derivatives

Y Ye, L Wang, R Fan

Index: Ye, Yang; Wang, Linfei; Fan, Renhua Journal of Organic Chemistry, 2010 , vol. 75, # 5 p. 1760 - 1763

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Citation Number: 35

Abstract

An efficient aqueous oxidative cyclization mediated by the combination of iodosobenzene with tetra-(n-butyl) ammonium iodide provides a new convenient and useful route to functionalized fused dihydrofuran derivatives in moderate to excellent yields with high diastereoselectivities.