Ar. Katritzky et al., NEW SYNTHETIC ROUTES TO FURANS AND DIHYDROFURANS FROM 1-PROPARGYLBENZOTRIAZOLE, Journal of organic chemistry, 58(11), 1993, pp. 3038-3041
Base-assisted cyclizations of 1-[3-[hydroxy(substituted methyl)]propar
gyl]benzotriazoles, derived from lithiated 1-propargylbenzotriazole (1
) and aromatic aldehydes or ketones, gave 2-arylfurans 5 or 1-(5,5-dia
ryl-2,5-dihydrofuran-2-yl)benzotriazoles 7, respectively, in high yiel
ds. Compounds 7 with Grignard reagents yielded trisubstituted 2,5-dihy
drofurans 9.