A visible light-promoted atom transfer Ueno–Stork reaction was developed using Ir(ppy)2(dtb-bpy)PF6 as the sensitizer. 2-Iodoethyl propargyl ethers or 2-iodoethyl allyl ethers were used as the radical precursors to construct tetrahydrofuran-containing fused [6,5] and [5,5] bicyclic frameworks.
