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One‐Pot Transformation of Simple Furans into 4‐Hydroxy‐2‐cyclopentenones in Water |
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| Authors: | Dr Dimitris Kalaitzakis Myron Triantafyllakis Ioanna Alexopoulou Manolis Sofiadis Prof?Dr Georgios Vassilikogiannakis |
| Affiliation: | Department of Chemistry, University of Crete, Vasilika Vouton, 71003, Iraklion, Crete (Greece) |
| Abstract: | A highly efficient one‐pot transformation of readily accessible furans into 4‐hydroxy‐2‐cyclopentenones in H2O, using singlet oxygen as oxidant, has been developed. |
| Keywords: | cyclopentenones furan oxidation intramolecular aldol singlet oxygen sustainable chemistry |
