Tandem deployment of indium-, ruthenium-, and lead-promoted reactions. Four-carbon intercalation between the carbonyl groups of open-chain and cyclic alpha-diketones
[formula: see text] An efficient strategy for the conversion of 1,2-diketones into saturated 1,6-diketones and delta 2,3/delta 3,4-unsaturated congeners thereof is reported.
Mendez-Andino
J
Evans Chemical Laboratories, Ohio State University, Columbus 43210, USA.
Paquette
LA