Adrian J, Gross LJ, Stark CBW. The direct oxidative diene cyclization and related reactions in natural product synthesis.
Beilstein J Org Chem 2016;
12:2104-2123. [PMID:
27829917 PMCID:
PMC5082725 DOI:
10.3762/bjoc.12.200]
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Abstract
The direct oxidative cyclization of 1,5-dienes is a valuable synthetic method for the (dia)stereoselective preparation of substituted tetrahydrofurans. Closely related reactions start from 5,6-dihydroxy or 5-hydroxyalkenes to generate similar products in a mechanistically analogous manner. After a brief overview on the history of this group of transformations and a survey on mechanistic and stereochemical aspects, this review article provides a summary on applications in natural product synthesis. Moreover, current limitations and future directions in this area of chemistry are discussed.
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