Cover Feature: Synthesis of 3‐Iodobenzofurans by Electrophilic Cyclization under Solventless Conditions in a Ball Mill (Eur. J. Org. Chem. 20‐21/2018)

The Cover Feature shows the general mechanochemical electrophilic cyclization of 2-alkynylanisoles with equimolar amounts of iodine. This solventless reaction affords a series of 3-iodobenzofurans synthesized under ball milling conditions after short reaction times. Both, the mechanochemical transformation and the mechanosynthesized 3-iodobenzofurans serve as decorative elements for a birthday cake dedicated to the European Journal of Organic Chemistry on occasion of its 20th anniversary year of publication. More information can be found in the Communication by C. Bolm et al.