WE would like to report a simple method of synthesizing oxetanes. Oxetanes have generally been prepared by a multi-step procedure involving the basic elimination of a halide or acyl radical. The ...

Thanks to the superstrength of the silicon-fluorine bond, chemists at the University of Zurich have developed a new incarnation of the venerable Friedel-Crafts reaction: intramolecular aryl-aryl ...