Abstract Metal free stannyl anion generated from Bu 3 SnSiMe 3 and R 4 NX in DMF reacted with an aryl or vinyl halide to produce the aryl or vinyl anion via so-called halogen-metal exchange process, which reacted with internal carbonyl group to afford cyclized product in good yield.
[Fraga, Carlos A.M.; Teixeira, Lis Helena P.; Menezes, Carla Maria De S.; Sant'Anna, Carlos Mauricio R.; Ramos, Maria Da Conceicao K.V.; De Aquino Neto, Francisco R.; Barreiro, Eliezer J. Tetrahedron, 2004 , vol. 60, # 12 p. 2745 - 2755]