Synthesis of substituted γ-butyrolactones: β-hydroxymethyl-, β- methylene and cyclopropane derivatives

Article abstract of DOI:10.1080/00397919908086464

A β-hydroxymethyl-γ-butyrolactone, which is a useful intermediate for the synthesis of several natural products with biological activity, was synthesized with good yield and a reduced number of steps from simple commercially available starting materials.

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Synthesis of Substituted γ-
Butyrolactones: β-Hydroxymethyl-,
β-Methylene and Cyclopropane
Derivatives
Paulo Marcos Donate a , Mauricio Gomes Constantino a ,
Rosangela da Silva a & Susimaire Pedersoli a
a Departamento de Quimica Faculdade de Filosofia, Ciěncias
e Letras de Ribeirão Preto Universidade de São Paulo ,
Avenida Bandeirantes, 3900, 14040-901, Ribeirão Preto, SP,
Brazil
Published online: 25 Sep 2007.
To cite this article: Paulo Marcos Donate , Mauricio Gomes Constantino , Rosangela da Silva
& Susimaire Pedersoli (1999) Synthesis of Substituted γ-Butyrolactones: β-Hydroxymethyl-,
β-Methylene and Cyclopropane Derivatives, Synthetic Communications: An International
Journal for Rapid Communication of Synthetic Organic Chemistry, 29:17, 2923-2936, DOI:
10.1080/00397919908086464
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