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A novel synthesis of tetrahydrofuran via alkoxy radical cyclisation
Masahiro Yokota1, Masahiro Toyota, Masataka Ihara
1Department of Organic Chemistry, Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Tohoku University, Aobayama, Sendai 980-1578, Japan.
Chemical Communications (Cambridge, England)
|March 5, 2003
Abstract:
Tetrahydrofurans were synthesised via 5-exo-trig cyclisation of alkoxy radical generated by unprecedented 1,5-hydrogen shift from hydroxyl group to vinyl radical.