@article { ISI:000239289800024,
	title = {Double intramolecular oxymercuration: stereoselective synthesis of highly substituted bis-tetrahydrofuran},
	journal = {Tetrahedron Letters},
	volume = {47},
	number = {33},
	year = {2006},
	month = {AUG},
	pages = {5943-5947},
	publisher = {PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD},
	type = {Article},
	address = {THE BOULEVARD, LANGFORD LANE, KIDLINGTON, OXFORD OX5 1GB, ENGLAND},
	abstract = {<p>Stereoselective intramolecular oxymercuration has been demonstrated as the key reaction for the efficient preparation of mono- and dihydroxylated unsymmetrical bis-tetrahydrofuran skeletons present in naturally occurring biologically active acetogenins using carbohydrates. These trans- and syn-selective intramolecular oxymercurations were explored in an enantio selective synthesis of the bis-tetrahydrofuran skeleton of mucoxin. (c) 2006 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.</p>},
	keywords = {acetogenins, Barton-McCombie deoxygenation, demercuration, intramolecular oxymercuration, unsymmetrical bis-tetrabydrofuran, Wittig reaction},
	issn = {0040-4039},
	doi = {10.1016/j.tetlet.2006.06.049},
	author = {Mohapatra, Debendra K. and Mohapatra, Seetaram and Gurjar, Mukund K.}
}
