LIEBIGS ANNALEN-RECUEIL, sa.6, ss.1249-1254, 1997 (SCI-Expanded)
Several alpha,beta-unsaturated ketones were treated with dimethyl diazomalonate and ethyl acetodiazoacetate under bis(acetyl-acetonato)copper(II) catalysis. Dihydrofuran derivatives, obviously arising from carbonyl ylides, were isolated in high yields. Structural identifications were carried out using 2D-NMR-spectroscopic data.