A Cascade Cyclization Route to Adjacent Bistetrahydrofurans from Chiral Triepoxyfarnesyl Bromides
- 7 August 2008
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Chemical Society (ACS) in The Journal of Organic Chemistry
- Vol. 73 (17), 6753-6757
- https://doi.org/10.1021/jo801188w
Abstract
A number of isomeric bistetrahydrofuran analogues were prepared from triepoxy farnesyl bromides by a zinc-initiated reduction-elimination and in situ Lewis acid-promoted cascade cyclization.Keywords
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