Shanmugam, P; Rajasingh, P; Baby Viswambharan; Vaithiyanathan, V
(Taylor & Francis, 2007)
The synthesis of 3-heteroaryl-substituted tetrahydrofurans from the propargyl derivative of Baylis-Hillman adducts of heteroaryl aldehydes by n-Bu3SnH- mediated 5-exo-trig vinyl radical cyclization in high yield is reported.