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Upstream product

• 98-88-4 benzoyl chloride 
• 1679-47-6 3-methyltetrahydro-2-furanone 
• 92572-49-1 <(2S,4S)-2-tert-butyl-4-methyl-5-oxo-1,3-dioxolan-4-yl>acetic acid 
• 123067-93-6 (2S,5S)-2-tert-butyl-5-(2-hydroxy-ethyl)-5-methyl-(1,3)dioxolan-4-one 
• 326889-42-3 (3S)-dihydro-3-hydroxy-3-methyl-2(3H)-furanone 

Relevant academic research and scientific papers

Use of the oxazole-olefin Diels-Alder reaction in the total synthesis of the monoterpene alkaloids (-)-plectrodorine and (+)-oxerine

A full account of the total synthesis of two monoterpene alkaloids, (-)-plectrodorine [(-)-1] and (+)-oxerine [(+)-3], is presented. The key steps involved are the formation of the oxazole alcohol 10 from the γ-butyrolactone 9 and the intramolecular Diels

Enantioselective Synthesis of 2-Methyl-2-hydroxy-γ-butyrolactone and Its Application in the Asymmetric Synthesis of Frontalin and Mevalonolactone

The asymmetric hydroxylation of the enolates of fully substituted acyclic ester 8 and lactone 10 with (camphorylsulfonyl)oxaziridines 1a - c was studied.The stereoselectivities of the tertiary α-hydroxy carbonyl products were highly dependent on the enolate structure, the oxidizing reagents, and the reaction conditions.While high diastereoselectivity (up to 94percent) was obtained for enolates of fully substituted menthol ester 8 with substoichiometric amounts of oxaziridine 1a, the yields were unsatisfactory.On the other hand, the enantioselective α-hydroxylation of the sodium enolate of 2-methyl-γ-butyrolactone (10) with oxaziridine (1c) afforded α-hydroxy lactone 11a in 70percent yield and 84percent ee.The enantiomeric excess was improved to >93percent ee by crystallization of the corresponding benzoyl ester 11c.The utility of both enantiomers of 11c were demonstrated in the formal asymmetric syntheses of the pheromone, (1S,5R)-(-)-frontalin (13) and in the asymmetric synthesis of (R)-(-)-mevalonolactone (20).