title: Green oxidations of furans--initiated by molecular oxygen--that give key natural product motifs.
abstract: In this article, we explore how changes in the positioning of pendant hydroxyl functionalities in the photooxygenation substrate dramatically alter the course of furan oxidations that are initiated by singlet oxygen; and, how these different reactivities can be harnessed through cascade reaction sequences to access, rapidly and effectively, a broad range of important natural product motifs.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, University of Crete, 71003 Iraklion, Crete, Greece.
authors.forename: Tamsyn
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Montagnon
authors.forename: Dimitris
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Noutsias
authors.forename: Ioanna
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Alexopoulou
authors.forename: Maria
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Tofi
authors.forename: Georgios
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Vassilikogiannakis
mesh_terms: D001688:Biological Products / Q000737:chemistry*; D005663:Furans / Q000737:chemistry*; D010084:Oxidation-Reduction; D010100:Oxygen / Q000737:chemistry*; D055668:Photochemical Processes; D026082:Singlet Oxygen / Q000737:chemistry
chemical_list: D001688:Biological Products; D005663:Furans; D026082:Singlet Oxygen; D010100:Oxygen