Studies towards diarylheptanoid synthesis.: Part 1:: Synthesis and ring cleavage reactions of hexahydro-2H,5H-pyrano[2,3-b]pyran-2-ones

Lewis acid promoted anomeric substitution reactions of a stereoselectively prepared hexahydro-2H,5H-pyrano[2,3-b]pyran-2-one derivative was studied as a model for diarylheptanoid synthesis. Aromatic nucleophiles consistently provided the expected thermodynamic C-aryl pyranoside product. (C) 2003 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.