Organic Letters · 2005 · 42 citations · 5 references
Natural SciencesChemistryNatural Product BiosynthesisHeterocyclic Chemistry
[reaction: see text] Metalloenolates derived from alpha,beta-unsaturated alpha-diketones undergo cyclization to alpha-hydroxy cyclopentenones. This is apparently the first reported Nazarov reaction that takes place in the presence of base.
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Gunnar Grue‐Sørensen, Ian D. Spenser · Journal of the American Chemical Society · 1988 · 37 citations