mCPBA-Mediated Intramolecular Oxidative Annulation of ortho-Crotyl or Cinnamyl Arylaldehydes: Synthesis of Benzofused Five-, Six-, and Seven-Membered Oxacycles.
Meng-Yang ChangYu-Ting HsiaoKai-Hsiang LaiPublished in: The Journal of organic chemistry (2018)
mCPBA-mediated intramolecular oxidative annulation of ortho-crotyl or cinnamyl arylaldehydes provides chroman, coumaran, isochroman, and tetrahydrobenzo[ c]oxepine under different reaction conditions. This research investigates the reaction conditions for facile and efficient transformation.