Wednesday, August 5, 2009

A novel iodine-mediated tandem cyclization

Chem. Commun., 2009DOI: 10.1039/b910232a

A novel iodine-catalyzed tandem cyclization–cycloaddition reaction of ortho-alkynyl-substituted benzaldehydes leading to polyoxacyclic ring systems has been developed, which represents a useful approach towards the synthesis of the oxabicyclo-[3.2.1]octane ring skeleton found in a variety of natural products.


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