Abstract
A gold(I)-catalyzed regioselective method for the preparation of 3-bromo/iodo-tetrahydropyran-4-one derivatives from homopropargyl acetal is reported. A one-pot procedure based on a gold(I)-catalyzed Petasis–Ferrier rearrangement/cyclization and subsequent electrophilic halogenation was developed. Corresponding hemiacetals were not suitable substrates for the formation of the 3-halo-pyran derivatives. The present transformation is a useful method to readily afford highly substituted 3-halo-tetrahydropyran-4-ones, which are suitable substrates in a variety of reactions in further synthesis.