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New Fe(III)-mediated radical cascade reactions of cyclopropyl silyl ethers
Kevin I Booker-Milburn1, J Leighton Jones, Graham E M Sibley
1School of Chemistry, University of Bristol, Cantock's Close, Bristol, BS8 1TS, United Kingdom. k.booker-milburn@bristol.ac.uk
Organic Letters
|March 28, 2003
Abstract:
[reaction: see text] Fe(III)-mediated ring opening of cyclopropyl ethers bearing a phenyl-substituted butenyl side chain leads to the generation of beta-keto radicals that undergo 5-exo cyclization followed by a novel cascade sequence resulting in the formation of tricyclic ethers.