Efficient synthesis of functionalized furans and benzofurans based on a '[3+2] cyclization/oxidation' strategy

Tetrahedron Letters

Volumn 46, Issue 13, 2005, Pages 2185-2187

  Bellur, Esen ^a,b   Freifeld, Ilia ^b   Langer, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROSTOCK   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GREIFSWALD   (Germany)

Author keywords

Benzofurans; Cyclization; Furans; Oxidation; Tetrahydrofurans

Indexed keywords

2,3 DICHLORO 5,6 DICYANO 1,4 QUINONE; BENZOFURAN DERIVATIVE; ETHER DERIVATIVE; FURAN DERIVATIVE; QUINONE DERIVATIVE; TETRAHYDROFURAN DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CYCLIZATION; OXIDATION; SYNTHESIS;

EID: 14744304499     PISSN: 00404039     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tetlet.2005.02.040     Document Type: Article

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