Facile Synthesis of 2-Substituted cis-2-cyclopentene-1,4-diol Derivatives

Abstract

2-Substituted cis-2-cyclopentene-1,4-diol derivatives are used as starting materials for prostaglandin synthesis¹. Two papers concerning the synthesis of these compounds have been published so far ^1,2. In this paper we would like to present an alternative method for synthesis of 2-substituted cis-2-cyclopen-tene-1,4-diols from easily available cis-2-cyclopentene-1, 4-diol diacetate 1 ³.