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Synthesis of corey lactone via highly stereoselective asymmetric diels-alder reaction
Miyaji, Katsuaki,Ohara, Yoshio,Takahashi, Yasuhiro,Tsuruda, Toshihiko,Arai, Kazutaka
, p. 4557 - 4560 (1991)
We have succeeded in a highly stereoselective asymmetric Diels-Alder reaction between a chiral acrylate 3a derived from commercially available D-pantolactone 2 and 5-benzyloxymethyl-cyclopentadiene 4 to give the adduct 5a in 94% d.e. and 79% yield for the synthesis of Corey lactone 1.