Va. Sedavkina et al., PHASE-TRANSFER CATALYSIS IN REACTIONS OF 5-ALKYL-3H-FURAN-2-ONES WITHDICHLOROCARBENE, Russian chemical bulletin, 44(10), 1995, pp. 1914-1916
Treatment of 5-alkyl-3H-furan-2-ones and 5-alkyl-3H-thiophen-2-ones wi
th dichlorocarbene under conditions of phase-transfer catalysis at 20-
90 degrees C results in insertion of the carbene at the C=C bond follo
wed by skeletal rearrangement.