Iron(II)-mediated fragmentation of unsaturated hydroperoxy acetals: a rapid synthetic route to 13-membered macrolides
Abstract
Treatment of (1-hydroperoxy)cyclohexyloxyethyl acrylate with either iron(II) sulfate or iron(II) sulfate/copper(II) chloride affords novel 13-membered macrolides via tandem radical scission-cyclisation reactions.