Indium(III) Complex-Catalyzed Tandem Carbonyl-Ene Reaction: An Efficient Construction of Tetrahydropyran Rings

Abstract

An atom economic and efficient construction of tetrahydropyran rings using Indium triflate-catalyzed self-tandem carbonyl-ene, intramolecular (2,5) oxonium-ene cyclization between aldehydes and methylene cyclohexane is reported.

indium(III) complex - tandem - carbonyl-ene - tetrahydropyran

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