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. ... The building-up of C-3 functionalized 2-methylene-1,4-benzodioxan structures was achieved through zinc salt-mediated Mitsunobu substitutions carried out with a 1,4-benzodioxin-2-yl carbinol. ... A zinc salt-mediated Mitsunobu substitution allowed the smooth conversion ...