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N-Heterocyclic carbene-catalyzed cascade epoxide-opening and lactonization reaction for the synthesis of dihydropyrone derivatives
Qi, Jing,Xie, Xingang,He, Jinmei,Zhang, Ling,Ma, Donghui,She, Xuegong
, p. 5948 - 5950 (2011/10/09)
N-Heterocyclic carbene was employed as an efficient organic catalyst to catalyze a cascade epoxide-opening and lactonization reaction. This organocatalytic process could transform various readily accessible γ-epoxy-α,β-enals into dihydropyrone derivatives in good to excellent yields.
