Saturated and unsaturated lactones

Synthesis of unsaturated lactones via palladium-catalyzed cyclization of alkenoic acids

Richard C. Larock, Timothy R. Hightower · The Journal of Organic Chemistry · 1993 · 207 citations

Natural Sciences, Chemistry, Catalysis +8

Chiral Synthesis via Organoboranes. 39. A Facile Synthesis of .gamma.-Substituted-.gamma.-butyrolactones in Exceptionally High Enantiomeric Purity

Herbert C. Brown, Shekhar V. Kulkarni, Uday S. Racherla · The Journal of Organic Chemistry · 1994 · 100 citations

Natural Sciences, Chemistry, Inorganic Chemistry +6

Ring-opening aldol-type reaction of 2,2-dialkoxycyclopropanecarboxylic esters with carbonyl compounds. 3. The diastereoselective synthesis of 2,3,4-trisubstituted .gamma.-lactones

Shigeru Shimada, Yukihiko Hashimoto, Kazuhiko Saigo · The Journal of Organic Chemistry · 1993 · 73 citations

Natural Sciences, Chemistry, Catalysis +8

A convenient synthesis of γ-(Z)-alkylidene butenolides

Xiyan Lu, Xiao-Ling Huang, Shengming Ma · Tetrahedron Letters · 1993 · 72 citations

Natural Sciences, Chemistry, Organic Chemistry +4

Highly enantioselective reduction of meso-1,2-dicarboxylic anhydrides

Kenji Matsuki, H. INOUE, Mikio Takeda · Tetrahedron Letters · 1993 · 59 citations

Natural Sciences, Chemical Engineering, Chemistry +11