title: Regioselective entry to bromo-gamma-hydroxybutenolides: useful building blocks for assemblying natural product-like libraries.
abstract: [reaction: see text] We report a regioselective entry to 3-bromo- and 4-bromo-5-hydroxy-5H-furan-2-ones by photooxidation of 3-bromofuran with a singlet oxygen in the presence of a suitable base. By this procedure, a variety of 3-substituted gamma-hydroxybutenolides have become for the first time easily accessible. Strategies employing these highly functionalized building blocks for the preparation of focused libraries of natural-like molecules are also discussed.
authors.affiliation: Dipartimento di Scienze Farmaceutiche, Università degli Studi di Salerno, via Ponte Don Melillo, 84084 Fisciano (SA), Italy.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Aquino
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Bruno
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Riccio
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Gomez-Paloma
mesh_terms: D015107:4-Butyrolactone / Q000031:analogs & derivatives* / Q000138:chemical synthesis / Q000737:chemistry; D001688:Biological Products / Q000138:chemical synthesis / Q000737:chemistry; D020650:Combinatorial Chemistry Techniques; D006842:Hydrocarbons, Brominated / Q000138:chemical synthesis* / Q000737:chemistry; D015394:Molecular Structure; D013237:Stereoisomerism
chemical_list: D001688:Biological Products; D006842:Hydrocarbons, Brominated; C004511:butenolide; D015107:4-Butyrolactone