Abstract
The rhodium(II)‐catalyzed reactions of iodonium ylides with electron‐deficient and conjugated alkynes have been examined. These reactions provide a rapid route to the preparation of furan derivatives with a variety of substituents on the furan ring.
Acknowledgment
This work was supported by the Korea Research Foundation Grant R05‐2004‐000‐10224‐0, funded by the Korean government. We thank Ronald Tepper for discussion of this work.