Vijay Nair, G; Manojkumar, P; Sreekumar, V; Suresh, E; Rajasekaran, T
(American Chemical Society, 2006)
A novel protocol for the annulation of tropone to enals involving nucleophilic heterocyclic carbene (NHC) catalyzed homoenolate formation has been developed. Interestingly, the reaction led to bicyclic delta-lactones instead ...