Christie Steven D R, Davoile Ryan J, Elsegood Mark R J, Fryatt Ross, Jones Raymond C F, Pritchard Gareth J
Department of Chemistry, Loughborough University, Loughborough, UK LE11 3TU.
Chem Commun (Camb). 2004 Nov 7(21):2474-5. doi: 10.1039/b411367e. Epub 2004 Sep 17.
The first formation of a Nicholas carbocation through cleavage of a carbon-carbon sigma bond has allowed the preparation of highly substituted tetrahydrofurans in a formal dipolar cycloaddition reaction.