Facile synthesis of a, β, and/or ϒ-alkyl-substituted ϒ-butyrolactones using readily prepared olefinic esters

Daniel J. Canney, Jeffrey A. Levine, Hwang Fun Lu, Douglas F. Covey

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Abstract

: Starting with easily prepared olefinic esters, efficient and versatile routes for the synthesis of y-butyrolactones possessing a variety of alkyl-groups and alkyl-substitution patterns are reported.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)2065-2073
Number of pages9
JournalSynthetic Communications
Volume20
Issue number13
DOIs
StatePublished - Jul 1 1990

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