“…350) reacted 2-acetylfuran (37) with ethyl bromoacetate under Reformatsky conditions to give the ethyl 3-hydroxy-3-furanyl-butyrate (38) which was dehydrated and reduced to the tetrahydrofuranylbutanol (39), treated with hydrobromic acid to I,4,7-tribromo-3-methylheptane (40) and hence to I-methylpyrrolizidine (41). 350) reacted 2-acetylfuran (37) with ethyl bromoacetate under Reformatsky conditions to give the ethyl 3-hydroxy-3-furanyl-butyrate (38) which was dehydrated and reduced to the tetrahydrofuranylbutanol (39), treated with hydrobromic acid to I,4,7-tribromo-3-methylheptane (40) and hence to I-methylpyrrolizidine (41).…”