Université catholique de Louvain, Département de Chimie, Bâtiment Lavoisier, Place Louis Pasteur 1, B-1348 Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium
Abstract:
A variety of -(trimethylsilylmethyl)-substituted butyrolactones are readily accessed by a novel tandem ene-reaction/oxidative desilylation of a range of aldehydes. Subsequent functionalisation led to an efficient methodology for the preparation of exo-methylene butyrolactones.