Chin-Kang Sha, Wei-Hong Tseng, Kuan-Tsau Huang, Kuan-Miao Liu, Herng-Yih Lin and San-Yan Chu
Radicals generated from 4-bromo vinylogous-esters, vinylogous-amides and enones cyclize to a tethered acetylene side-chain preferentially at the γ-position; theoretical calculations of the spin density of the radicals and the relative stability of the radical intermediates are performed to rationalize the experimental observations.