Formation of dihydrobenzofurans by radical cyclization
Abstract
A survey of methods for the generation of aryl radicals from o-alkenyloxyarene diazonium salts demonstrates that dihydrobenzofuran derivatives can be efficiently formed by treatment of (1) or (2) with Bun3SnH–Et2O or with NaI–Me2CO; methods utilising the iodo-compound (3; X = I) are less effective.