. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2007 Jul 17.

Published in final edited form as: Tetrahedron Lett. 2006 Jul 17;47(29):5111–5113. doi: 10.1016/j.tetlet.2006.05.081

Table 1.

preparation of THF ethers. Inline graphic

Entry	Time(h)	yield(%)
1	15	96
2	15	99^a
3	7	85^a
4	4	93
5	6	91
6	6	88^a
7	14	90
8	6	99^a,^b
9	3	96
10	4	88^b
11	13	85^a
12	8	91^a,^b

∼1:1 diastereomeric mixture by NMR analysis.

2 equiv each of Mn(0) and ccl₄ were used.