@article{e4fa8d77b3cd4e3f8b766612fba43436,
title = "Aldol-type reaction of a 4-pyrone: a straightforward approach to 4-pyrone-containing natural products",
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.",
keywords = "4-Pyrone-containing natural product, Aldol-type reaction, Counter cation",
author = "Tetsuya Sengoku and Takuma Takemura and Emi Fukasawa and Ichiro Hayakawa and Hideo Kigoshi",
note = "Funding Information: This study was supported in part by a Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B) (No. 20310129) and Scientific Research on Priority Area {\textquoteleft}Creation of Biologically Functional Molecules{\textquoteright} from the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology, Japan. We would like to thank Professors Akira Sekiguchi and Masaaki Ichinohe (University of Tsukuba) for their help with the X-ray crystallographic analysis and for their helpful discussion. We thank Kaneka Corporation for their gift of methyl d -( R )-β-hydroxyisobutanoate. ",
year = "2009",
month = jan,
day = "21",
doi = "10.1016/j.tetlet.2008.11.017",
language = "English",
volume = "50",
pages = "325--328",
journal = "Tetrahedron Letters",
issn = "0040-4039",
publisher = "Elsevier Limited",
number = "3",
}