title: An expedient synthesis of homophthalimides.
abstract: The six-membered heterocyclic subunit of homophthalimides can be obtained by a direct, hitherto unprecedented, radical cyclisation onto an aromatic ring starting from a xanthate precursor.
authors.affiliation: Laboratoire de Synthèse Organique associé au CNRS, Ecole Polytechnique, F-91128 Palaiseau, France.
authors.forename: Béatrice
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Quiclet-Sire
authors.forename: Samir Z
authors.initials: SZ
authors.lastname: Zard