Triflic acid-catalysed cyclisation of unsaturated alcohols

Green Chemistry Pub Date: 2004-09-28 DOI: 10.1039/B408760G

Abstract

In the presence of a catalytic amount of trifluoromethanesulfonic acid, substituted tetrahydrofurans and tetrahydropyrans have been efficiently and selectively obtained from the corresponding unsaturated alcohols.

Graphical abstract: Triflic acid-catalysed cyclisation of unsaturated alcohols
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