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SUBMITTER: Singh FV
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3922481 | biostudies-literature | 2012 Dec
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
ChemistryOpen 20121106 6
Aromatic substituents migrate in a novel oxidative cyclization mediated by iodine(III) reagents. 4-Arylbut-3-enoic acids are cyclized and rearranged to 4-arylfuran-2(5H)-ones by hypervalent iodine compounds in good to excellent yields under mild reaction conditions. Other ring sizes are also accessible. The mechanism of the reaction is described in detail, and calculations highlight the cationic nature of the intermediates in the rearrangement. The fast access to heavily substituted furanones is ...[more]