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Treatment of derivatives of δ-lactones having a leaving group at C-2 with methanol in the presence of base gives methyl tetrahydrofuran-α-carboxylates in good to excellent yield with a high degree of stereocontrol of the carbon substituents at C-2 and C-5.
S. S. Choi, P. M. Myerscough, A. J. Fairbanks, B. M. Skead, C. J. F. Bichard, S. J. Mantell, J. C. Son, G. W. J. Fleet, J. Saunders and D. Brown, J. Chem. Soc., Chem. Commun., 1992, 1605 DOI: 10.1039/C39920001605
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