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The furan approach to carbocyclic systems. Synthesis of cyclohexane derivatives from butenolides through an intramolecular Michael addition
Gómez, Generosa,Rivera, Hilda,García, Isela,Estévez, Laura,Fall, Yagamare
, p. 5819 - 5822 (2005)
We describe an efficient new approach for the synthesis of highly substituted cyclohexane derivatives that is based on the oxidation of a furan ring with singlet oxygen followed by an intramolecular Michael addition of the resulting butenolide containing an acidic methine group.