Cyclofunctionalization and free-radical-based hydrogen-transfer reactions. An iterative reaction sequence applied to the synthesis of the C (sub)7 -C (sub)16 subunit of zincophorin

Research has been conducted on the iodocyclofunctionalization/hydrogen-transfer reaction sequence. The strategy developed to better understand this reaction sequence involving the exocyclic and endocyclic radicals and their mechanistic rationale is discussed.