Unusual reductive cleavage of 7-oxa-bicyclo[2,2,1]heptane system for the synthesis of tetrahydrofuran derivatives

Article abstract of DOI:10.1016/S0040-4020(97)00510-3

An unusual reductive cleavage of a C-C bond adjacent to the ethereal bridge in the 7-oxabicyclo[2,2,1]heptane system led to some valuable tetrahydroruran derivatives and, in particular, to tetrahydrofuranyl glycine derivatives.