Expeditious synthesis of 2,3-dihydro-2-alkoxy-3-methylenebenzofurans from N-benzofuran-3-ylmethyl N,N,N-trialkylammonium bromides: a new approach to access the natural product, 2-hydroxy-3-methylene-6-methyl-2, 3-dihydrobenzofuran

A highly efficient strategy was developed to construct a natural product-based library of 2-alkoxy-3-methylene-2,3-dihydrobenzofurans from N-benzofuran-3-ylmethyl N,N,N-trialkylammonium bromides.