title: One-step assembly of functionalized gamma-butyrolactones from benzoins or benzaldehydes via an N-heterocyclic carbene-mediated tandem reaction.
abstract: We describe here a direct, efficient, one-step construction of gamma,gamma-difunctionalized gamma-butyrolactones from benzoins or benzaldehydes via a tandem reaction promoted by 1,3-dimethyl imidazolin-2-ylidene, an N-heterocyclic carbene (NHC). [reaction: see text]
authors.affiliation: Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, China 200032.
authors.forename: Wei
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Ye
authors.forename: Guanliang
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Cai
authors.forename: Zeyang
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Zhuang
authors.forename: Xueshun
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Jia
authors.forename: Hongbin
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Zhai
mesh_terms: D015107:4-Butyrolactone / Q000138:chemical synthesis*; D001547:Benzaldehydes / Q000737:chemistry*; D001573:Benzoin / Q000031:analogs & derivatives* / Q000737:chemistry*; D002384:Catalysis; D006838:Hydrocarbons / Q000737:chemistry; D008697:Methane / Q000031:analogs & derivatives* / Q000737:chemistry; D015394:Molecular Structure
chemical_list: D001547:Benzaldehydes; D006838:Hydrocarbons; C030011:carbene; D001573:Benzoin; D015107:4-Butyrolactone; D008697:Methane