Intramolecular Barbier reaction in water: cyclopentane and cyclohexane ring closure

Zinc or indium promoted intramolecular Barbier reactions of aldehydes containing a suitably positioned allylic or propargylic halide unit afford unsaturated cyclic alcohols in moderate yields.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: RADOMIR N. SAICIC, RADOMIR MATOVIC, ALEKSANDAR IVKOVIC
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Serbian Chemical Society 2002-03-01
Series:Journal of the Serbian Chemical Society
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Online Access:http://www.shd.org.yu/HtDocs/SHD/Vol67/No3/V67-No3-01.pdf