Iodine Mediated Mild and Efficient Method for the Synthesis of Tatrahydropyrans Via Cross-Cyclization Between Epoxides and Homoallylic Alcohols

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Epoxides undergo cyclization with homoallylic alcohols in the presence of iodine under mild conditions to afford the corresponding Iodotetrahydropyran derivatives in excellent yields under mild condition.

Epoxides; homoallylic alcohols; tetrahydropyrans; Iodine