Tetrahedron Letters

An approach to the synthesis of naphtho [b] furans from allyl bromonaphthyl ethers employing sequential photoinduced radical cyclization and dehydrohalogenation …

Y Suzuki, Y Okita, T Morita, Y Yoshimi

Index: Suzuki, Yusuke; Okita, Yoshiki; Morita, Toshio; Yoshimi, Yasuharu Tetrahedron Letters, 2014 , vol. 55, # 22 p. 3355 - 3357

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Abstract

Abstract A simple method has been developed for the efficient synthesis of naphtho [b] furans from allyl bromonaphthyl ethers. The approach utilizes a novel photochemical process involving sequential radical cyclization and dehydrohalogenation. Because light is a readily available, environmentally friendly reagent that produces no by-products, the new process serves as a green synthetic method.