| Literature DB >> 27314605 |
Carla Alamillo-Ferrer1, Marianna Karabourniotis-Sotti1, Alan R Kennedy1, Matthew Campbell2, Nicholas C O Tomkinson1.
Abstract
Treatment of homoallylic alcohols or carboxylic acids with malonoyl peroxide 1 provides a stereoselective method for the preparation of tetrahydrofurans, γ-lactones, and isobenzofuranones in 44-82% yield and up to 27:1 trans selectivity. Application of this simple and effective heterocyclization in the synthesis of the antidepressant citalopram is also described.Entities:
Year: 2016 PMID: 27314605 DOI: 10.1021/acs.orglett.6b01253
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Org Lett ISSN: 1523-7052 Impact factor: 6.005