An atom economic reaction sequence in a multigram scale for the synthesis of 2-pyrone was developed starting from furfuryl alcohol, a renewable resource made from bran or bagasse, and cyclopentadiene… Click to show full abstract
An atom economic reaction sequence in a multigram scale for the synthesis of 2-pyrone was developed starting from furfuryl alcohol, a renewable resource made from bran or bagasse, and cyclopentadiene as a recyclable auxiliary. Utilizing a thermal rearrangement of cyclopentadienone epoxide as the key step. Besides the synthesis of the parent compound, the synthetic route is amenable for substituted derivatives, giving rise to naturally occurring 2-pyrones.
               
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