Copper-catalyzed addition of water affording highly substituted furan and unusual formation of naphthofuran ring from 3-(1-alkenyl)-2-alkene-1-al

We have developed a novel one-pot reaction to generate highly substituted furan through the addition of water followed by oxidation and unusual cyclization to naphthofuran ring under the same reaction condition.

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