A novel protocol for the synthesis of furo[2,3-b]benzofurans and dihydrofuro[2,3-b]benzofurans

Abstract

A Wittig olefination–Claisen rearrangement approach has been successfully applied to develop a novel protocol for the synthesis of the dihydrofuro[2,3-b]benzofuran and furo[2,3-b]benzofuran ring systems.

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