title: Palladium-catalyzed oxidative cyclizations: synthesis of dihydropyranones and furanones.
abstract: A boron-mediated syn- and anti-stereoselective aldol reaction giving rise to various beta-hydroxyenones was coupled to a Pd((II))-mediated oxidative cyclization to give 2,3,6-trisubstituted syn- and anti-dihydropyranones in good yields. The Pd((II))-mediated oxidative cyclization was expanded to alpha-hydroxyenones leading to furan-3(2H)-one derivatives, which include natural product bullatenone and a known precursor of geiparvarin. The sole product of the oxidative cyclization of alpha,beta-dihydroxyenone was a five-membered furan-3(2H)-one derivative, suggesting that the ring closure of these diols is both chemo- and regioselective.
authors.affiliation: Chemistry Research Laboratory, University of Oxford, 12 Mansfield Road, Oxford OX1 3TA, UK.
authors.forename: Maud
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Reiter
authors.forename: Hazel
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Turner
authors.forename: Rebecca
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Mills-Webb
authors.forename: Véronique
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Gouverneur