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IMPROVED PROCEDURE FOR THE SYNTHESIS OF 6-ALKOXY-2,3-DIHYDRO-6H-PYRAN-3-ONES (2,3-DIDEOXY-DL-PENT-2-ENOPYRANOS-4-ULOSES). NEAT CONVERSION INTO POLYFUNCTIONALIZED CYCLOPENTENONES.
Mucha, Bernd,Hoffmann, H.Martin R.
, p. 4489 - 4492 (1989)
The glycosidic bond of 6-alkoxy-2,3-dihydro-6H-pyran-3-ones (3) is made advantageously in the presence of catalytic ZnCl2*etherate.A palladium-assisted transformation of 3 affords trans-4-alkoxy-5-hydroxy-2-cyclopenten-1-ones (4) in good yield.
