A variety of 3-substituted furans, including the natural products perillene and dendrolasin, are obtained in good yield via reductive annulation of 1,1,1-trichloroethyl propargyl ethers using catalytic Cr(II) regenerated by Mn/TMSCl. [reaction: see text]
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