Article ID Journal Published Year Pages File Type
5273056 Tetrahedron Letters 2009 4 Pages PDF
Abstract

A straightforward approach to 4-pyrone-containing natural products has been developed, which includes an aldol-type reaction between 2,6-diethyl-3,5-dimethyl-4-pyrone and aldehydes. The counter cation of the carbanion of the pyrone was found to play an important role in this reaction.

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