Highly efficient catalytic routes to spiroketal motifs

Selvasothi Selvaratnam, Joanne H H Ho, Paul B. Huleatt, Barbara A. Messerle*, Christina L L Chai

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Abstract

The versatile and efficient synthesis of a variety of spiroketal motifs via the double intramolecular hydroalkoxylation of aliphatic and aromatic alkyne diols was achieved using simple and readily accessible Ir(I) and Rh(I) cyclooctadiene complexes as catalysts.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1125-1127
Number of pages3
JournalTetrahedron Letters
Volume50
Issue number10
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 11 Mar 2009
Externally publishedYes

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