Download full text in PDF Opens in a new window. Article suggestions will be shown in a dialog on return to ScienceDirect. ... Please enable JavaScript to use all the features on this page. ... 2,2-Disubstituted 3(2H)-furanones can be prepared readily by 1,2-addition of organometallic compounds to γ,γ-disubstituted β-bromo-α,β-butenolides followed by treatment of the adducts with acid. ... Acta. Chem. Scand. B, 31 (1977), p. 727 and references therein.