A synthetic route to 3-C-alkyl (or 3-C-phenyl-) 2,3-dideoxy-D-erythro- pentono-1,4-lactones: Intermediates in the synthesis of 2(3H)-furanones

Article abstract of DOI:10.1016/0008-6215(94)80066-9

A series of 3-C-alkyl- (and 3-C-phenyl-) 2,3-dideoxy-D-erythro-pentono- 1,4-lactones, compounds which are important in the synthesis of modified nucleosides and antibiotic sugars, were synthesized from D-ribonolactone. By a route that proceeded via 5-O-pr