Oxidative cyclization of 1,4-dienes to y
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Benjamin Travis; Babak Borhan
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Article
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2001
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Elsevier Science
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French
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KMnO 4 and OsO 4 catalyze the oxidative cyclization of 1,4-dienes to provide 2,3,5-trisubstituted tetrahydrofuran-diols in 30% yield. This reaction proceeds stereoselectively via a proposed [3+2] cycloaddition. Competing oxidative pathways are the major non-productive processes that reduce the yield