Water as an additive for selective synthesis of saturated 1,4-diketones and tetrasubstituted furans directly from 1,4-enediones

• DOI: 10.1016/j.tet.2014.07.077
• Publication Date: 2014-07-24T07:38:33Z
• Authors: Yan Yang; Fan Ni; Wen-Ming Shu; An-Xin Wu
• Keywords: 01 natural sciences; 0104 chemical sciences

AbstractThe reaction proceeds with high efficiency under mild conditions using easily available substrates.