Ak. Forrest et Pj. Ohanlon, THE PREPARATION AND LITHIATION OF BROMOFLUOROFURANS VIA A NOVEL FLUORODECARBOXYLATION, Tetrahedron letters, 36(12), 1995, pp. 2117-2118
The fluorodecarboxylation of bromofuroic acids using Selectfluor(TM) r
eagent 1 gives bromofluorofurans which can be lithiated and reacted wi
th electrophiles to yield 3- or 5-substituted 2-fluorofurans.