We have developed ring-strain dictated divergent diastereoselective fluorinating Prins cyclization reactions or semipinacol rearrangement reactions to access tetrahydropyrans containing a fluorohydrin or a carbonyl moiety at quaternary carbon centers under mild conditions, respectively.
Yi Liu, Ying-Yeung Yeung. Ring strain-dictated divergent fluorinating Prins cyclization or semipinacol rearrangement. Organic & biomolecular chemistry. 2017 Aug 09;15(31):6478-6482
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