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A NEW SYNTHESIS OF MACROCYCLIC KETO-LACTONES VIA RING EXPANSION OF 2-(3-HYDROXYPROPYL)-2-NITROCYCLOALKANONES
Cookson, Richard C.,Ray, Partha S.
, p. 3521 - 3524 (1982)
2-(3-Hydroxypropyl)-2-nitrocycloalkanones undergo base-catalysed isomerisation into nitro-lactones containing four more atoms in the ring, which can be smoothly converted to the corresponding keto-lactones.
