A new radical approach to cyclic ethers 2 is offered by the intramolecular substitution (SHi) reaction at a silicon center. High diasteroselectivities can be obtained in this radical reaction. Less suitable are radicals such as 1 in which an Me3Si or an Me3Ge group replaces the Me3Sn group.
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Studer et al. (1999) studied this question.