Diastereoselective reductive ring expansion of spiroketal dihydropyranones to cis-fused bicyclic ethers

Org Lett. 2012 Dec 7;14(23):5892-5. doi: 10.1021/ol302813e. Epub 2012 Nov 19.

Abstract

A novel double cascade synthetic strategy was developed for the diastereoselective syntheses of cis-fused bicyclic ethers, featuring cascade Achmatowicz rearrangement/spiroketalization and cascade spiroketal reduction/oxa-Michael cyclization. Especially, the chemo-, regio-, and diastereoselective reduction of densely functionalized spiroketal dihydropyranones, followed by oxa-Michael cyclization in a one-pot fashion, was achieved.