Naturalproductman’s Blog

Hey, is that a natural product?!

Intramolecular Oxy-Michael

Posted by naturalproductman on October 29, 2009

Jayanta Ray and co-workers at IIT Kharagpur have recently published in Tetrahedron Letters on synthesis of polycyclic furans and tetrahydrofurans via an intramolecular oxy-Michael addition using either a reductant or a base to effect the transformation.  I think I’ve seen similar substrates but they underwent a hetero-Diels-Alder reaction.

not a diels alder

 

Tetrahedron Letters paper

Leave a comment