@article{oai:soar-ir.repo.nii.ac.jp:00011891, author = {Morita, N and Higashi, J and Okada, K and Shoji, T and Toyota, K and Watanabe, M and Yasunami, M and Kikuchi, S and Ito, S}, issue = {1}, journal = {Heterocycles}, month = {}, note = {5-Isopropyl-2H-cyclohepta[b]furan-2-one (1) reacted with DMSD to give dimethyl(5-isopropyl-2-oxo-2H-cyclohepta[b]furan-3-yl)sulfonium trifluoromethanesulfonate (2), which was treated with E(t)3N to give 5-isopropyl-3-methylthio-2H-cyclohepta[b]furan-2-one (3). Sulfide 3 was oxidized with mCPBA to give sulfoxide 4 and sulfone 5. The salt 6 which comes from the treatment of 4 with Tf2O converted to an unexpected product, 5,5'-diisopropyl-3,3'-bi-2H-cyclohepta[b]furan-2-one (7), thermally., Article, Heterocycles. Vol 73, Issue 1, 2007, pp.237-240.}, pages = {237--240}, title = {A Novel Approach to 5,5’-Diisopropyl-3,3’-bi-2H-cyclohepta[b]furan-2-one}, volume = {73}, year = {2007} }