1 State Key Laboratory of Functions and Applications of Medicinal Plants, Guizhou Medical University, 3491 Gaohai Road, Guiyang 550014, P. R. China.
2 The Key Laboratory of Chemistry for Natural Products of Guizhou Province and Chinese Academy of Sciences, 3491 Baijin Road, Guiyang 550014, P. R. China.
3 School of Pharmacy, Guizhou University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Guiyang 550025, P. R. China.
A silver-catalyzed chlorocyclization reaction of aryl 3-aryl-2-propyn-1-yl ethers in the presence of NCS under darkness was accomplished, which provides a straightforward and efficient access to 3-chloro-2H-chromenes.