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Synthesis of Optically Active Butenolides via Chromium Alkoxycarbene Complexes: Total Synthesis of (+)-Tetrahydrocerulenin and Two Butenolides from the Marine Sponge Plakortis lita
Miller, Michael,Hegedus, Louis S.
, p. 6779 - 6785 (1993)
Optically active butenolides were synthesized from the corresponding cyclobutanones, derived from the photolysis of chromium alkoxycarbene complexes and optically active ene-carbamates.The cyclobutanones were oxidized (Baeyer-Villiger) to the corresponding lactones, and subsequent base-induced elimination of the β-oxazolidinone ring provided optically active butenolides efficiently.The butenolides were utilized in the syntheses of (+)-tetrahydrocerulenin and two marine natural products.
