Pj. Parsons et al., INTRAMOLECULAR FREE-RADICAL ADDITION TO FURANS - A NEW SYNTHESIS OF CYCLOPENTENES AND SPIROCYCLIC ETHERS, Synlett, (9), 1994, pp. 721-722
The intramolecular addition of carbon centred radicals to furans has b
een studied which can result in a tandem radical addition/fragmentatio
n sequence which is useful for the synthesis of five membered carbocyc
lic rings.