MnO2-promoted carboesterification of alkenes with anhydrides: a facile approach to γ-lactones

Lihuan Wu; Zhenming Zhang; Jianhua Liao; Jianxiao Li; Wanqing Wu; Huanfeng Jiang

doi:10.1039/C5CC08867D

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MnO₂-promoted carboesterification of alkenes with anhydrides: a facile approach to γ-lactones†

Lihuan Wu,‡^ab Zhenming Zhang,‡^a Jianhua Liao,^a Jianxiao Li,^a Wanqing Wu^a and Huanfeng Jiang*^a

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^b College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Zhaoqing University, Zhaoqing 526060, P. R. China

Abstract

An efficient carboesterification of alkenes with anhydrides promoted by MnO₂ has been developed to afford functionalized γ-lactones in good to excellent yields. This method shows a broad substrate scope and provides a valuable and convenient synthetic tool for constructing γ-lactones.

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1039/C5CC08867D
Article type: Communication
Submitted: 26 Oct 2015
Accepted: 30 Dec 2015
First published: 04 Jan 2016

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Chem. Commun., 2016,52, 2628-2631

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MnO₂-promoted carboesterification of alkenes with anhydrides: a facile approach to γ-lactones

L. Wu, Z. Zhang, J. Liao, J. Li, W. Wu and H. Jiang, Chem. Commun., 2016, 52, 2628 DOI: 10.1039/C5CC08867D

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