Functionalized 2-pyrone was synthesized from a known compound through an eight-step
reaction sequence. Diels–Alder cycloadditions of this 2-pyrone were investigated,
manifesting its ambident property with a series of electronically and sterically distinct
dienophiles.
Key words
3-methyl-4-methylene-5-carbonylmethylene-2-pyrone - synthesis - Diels–Alder cycloaddition
- regioselectivity - stereoselectivity - sesquiterpenoids