Takeshi Kuri, Yoshihiko Mizukami, Mio Shimogaki, Morifumi Fujita
Organic Letters, 22(19) 7613-7616, Oct 2, 2020 Peer-reviewed
An oxetane intermediate during a direct aldol reaction was trapped with an internal aryl group to yield trans-tetraline products. The contribution of the oxetane intermediate was confirmed by 18O-isotope labeling experiments.