Synthesis of oxygenated hererecycles from cyclic allylsiloxanes using ring-closing olefin metathesis

Article abstract of DOI:10.1016/S0040-4039(97)10147-2

Cyclic allylsiloxanes were prepared from allyldimethylsilyl ethers of various alkenols by using a catalytic ring-closing metathesis (RCM) reaction. The transformation of these cyclic allylsiloxanes into stereoselectively substituted tetrahydrofurans and t