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. 2010 Feb 18;107(8):3279–3280. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1000313107

Fig. 1.

Fig. 1.

(Upper) Union of transition metal and Brønsted acid catalysis enables direct conversion of enones and allylic alcohols to disubstituted furans. (Lower) Serial cross-metathesis-Heck arylation enables formation of trisubstituted furans. Regiospecific introduction of groups onto the furan core is achieved by programming the oxidation level of the cross-metathesis precursors.