Abstract
Treatment of aldehyde 6 with TMSOTf, in the presence of a Bronsted acid scavenger, effects an intramolecular allylation to provide the oxasilacycle 7 as the major diastereoisomer. Tamao oxidation of the C-Si bond in 7 affords the corresponding 1,2,4-triol 9.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 4231-4234 |
| Number of pages | 4 |
| Journal | Organic Letters |
| Volume | 5 |
| Issue number | 22 |
| Publication status | Published - 1 Jan 2003 |