J, John; V K, Omanakuttan; T, Aneeja; C H, Suresh; P G, Jones; H, Hopf
(American Chemical Society, 2019-04-04)
An efficacious, metal-free strategy has been developed for the synthesis of 4-aryl-3-(2H)-furanones. The reaction proceeds via the nucleophilic addition of an active methylene compound to the aryne followed by ring closing ...