Regio-, stereo-, and enantioselective synthesis of cyclobutanols by means of the photoaddition of 1,3-dioxin-4-ones and lipase-catalyzed acetylation

Article abstract of DOI:10.1016/S0957-4166(00)80211-6

Homochiral cis-2-hydroxymethylcyclobutanols, their all cis 3-methyl, and 4-hydroxymethyl derivatives were synthesized from 1,3-dioxin-4-ones via cyclobutane ring formation by [2+2]photocycloaddition, dioxanone ring cleavage, and reduction, followed by lip