Vinyl bromides 1, 5, 15, 20, 23, 27, 33a, b, 41a-c, 44a-c, 46a, b, 52a, b, 55a, 56a, b, and 60a, b react with samarium diiodide in THF and/or acetonitrile to give the corresponding vinyl radicals. Radicals 3, 7, and 16 afforded products deriving from cyclization on the adjacent triple bond in a 5-(x-exo)-em, 6-(xendo) exo, and 6-(x-exo) exo mode, respectively. Radical 7 undergoes competitive 1, 5-hydrogen translocation. Vinyl radicals 21 and 24 readily ...
[McDonald, Chriss E.; Ramsey, Jeremy R.; Sampsell, David G.; Anderson, Laura A.; Krebs, Jordan E.; Smith, Samantha N. Tetrahedron, 2013 , vol. 69, # 14 p. 2947 - 2953]