T. Oriyama et al., A NOVEL AND CONVENIENT SYNTHESIS OF 2-ARYL-4-METHYLENETETRAHYDROFURANS FROM 2-(TRIMETHYLSILOXYMETHYL)ALLYLTRIMETHYLSILANE AND ACETALS, Tetrahedron letters, 36(31), 1995, pp. 5581-5584
The reaction of acetals with 2-(trimethylsiloxymethyl)allyltrimethylsi
lane under the influence of the combined use of a catalytic amount of
tin(II) halide and acetyl halide affords the corresponding 2-aryl-4-me
thylenetetrahydrofurans in good yields.