Tetrahedron Letters

An entry to polysubstituted furans via the oxidative ring opening of furan ring employing NBS as an oxidant

H Yu, W Zhong, T He, W Gu, B Yin

Index: Yu, Huiyue; Zhong, Weiqiang; He, Tingyu; Gu, Wenxiang; Yin, Biaolin Tetrahedron Letters, 2013 , vol. 54, # 10 p. 1256 - 1260

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Abstract

A class of polysubstituted functionalized furans was synthesized efficiently starting from readily available furans involving the oxidative ring opening of the furan rings using NBS as an oxidant. The reaction proceeded through a sequence of oxidative dearomatization of the furan ring/spirocyclization/aromatization.