SYNTHESIS-STUTTGART, ss.719-721, 1991 (SCI İndekslerine Giren Dergi)
The alpha'-chloroacetoxylation of alpha,-beta-unsaturated ketones using manganese(III) acetate and chloroacetic acid followed by Arbuzov reaction and intramolecular Horner-Emmons olefination provided a convenient synthesis of annulated 2-buten-4-olides.