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Ring Expansion of Cyclopropylmethanols to Cyclobutanes - An Enantioselective Total Synthesis of (R)-(+)-Dodecan-5-olide, and (S)-(+)- and (R)-(-)-5-dihydrofuran-2(3H)-one
Nemoto, Hideo,Ishibashi, Hiroki,Mori, Masahiko,Fujita, Shigekazu,Fukumoto, Keiichiro
, p. 2835 - 2840 (1990)
A novel and convenient route to chiral cyclobutanones (8) and (9) by ring expansion of the cyclopropylmethanols (6) and (7) was developed, leading to an enantioselective total synthesis of (R)-(+)-dodecan-5-olide (25), and (S)-(+)- and (R)-(-)-5-dihydrofuran-2(3H)-one (35) and (36) (the pheromone of the Japanese beetle).
