Chemistry Research Laboratory, University of Oxford, Mansfield Road, Oxford OX1 3TA, UK
Abstract:
The synthesis of 3,11-dioxatricyclo[5.3.1.01,5]undeca-5,9-dien-8-ones is reported from suitable 5-substituted furfuryl alcohols bearing an acetylenic side-chain. Successive peracid-mediated oxidative rearrangement of furan carbinols and base-assisted intramolecular 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition afforded oxygen-bridged tricyclo-undecane derivatives. Stereoselective transformations of cycloadducts are also discussed.