Accepted Manuscript Unusual manganese(III)-mediated oxidative free-radical additions of Meldrum's acid and dimethyl malonate to benzonorbornadiene and oxabenzonorbornadiene Raşit Çalışkan, Neslihan Nohut, Özlem Yılmaz, Ertan Sahin, Metin Balci PII: S0040-4020(16)31223-6 DOI: 10.1016/j.tet.2016.11.061 Reference: TET 28275 To appear in: Tetrahedron Received Date: 21 September 2016 Revised Date: 9 November 2016 Accepted Date: 21 November 2016 Please cite this article as: Çalışkan R, Nohut N, Yılmaz E, Sahin E, Balci M, Unusual manganese(III)- mediated oxidative free-radical additions of Meldrum's acid and dimethyl malonate to benzonorbornadiene and oxabenzonorbornadiene, Tetrahedron (2016), doi: 10.1016/j.tet.2016.11.061. This is a PDF file of an unedited manuscript that has been accepted for publication. As a service to our customers we are providing this early version of the manuscript. The manuscript will undergo copyediting, typesetting, and review of the resulting proof before it is published in its final form. Please note that during the production process errors may be discovered which could affect the content, and all legal disclaimers that apply to the journal pertain.