Abstract
Oxidations of 1-aryl-1-propenes with new reagent systems, CrO3-HBF4-MeCN and CrO3-HClO4-MeCN, gave the 4-aryltetralones 1a and 1c, and the tetrahydrofuran 4, which are precursor molecules for aryltetrahydronaphthalene and tetrahydrofuran neo-lignans.