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Exposure of gamma-acyloxy butynoates to stoichiometric quantities of triphenylphosphine results in reductive condensation to afford substituted furans, by way of allenic ester intermediates. As gamma-acyloxy butynoates are readily obtained through condensation of ethyl propiolate with aldehydes followed by acylation, this method represents a powerful and mechanistically novel protocol for the convergent three-component construction of substituted furans.
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