The birch reduction of heterocyclic compounds V birch reduction of 2- and 5-acylfuran-3-carboxylic acids and reductive elimination of 2-(arylmethoxymethyl)furan-3-carboxylic acids

Article abstract of DOI:10.1002/jhet.5570370414

The Birch reduction of 2- and 5-acylfuran-3-carboxylic acid 1 and 4 gave 2-acyl-2,3-dihydrofuran-3-carboxylic acid 2 and 5-acyltetrahydrofuran-3-carboxylic acid 5, respectively. Further examination of the reductive elimination was also studied on 2-(arylm