ContentsI. Introduction 339 A. Oxidative Free-Radical Cyclizations 339 B. Mn(OAc) 3 340 II. Initiation 341 A. Mechanistic Considerations 341 B. Substrates 342 C. Oxidants 342 1. Mn(III) 342 2. Ce(IV), Fe(III), V(V), etc. 343 D. Further Oxidation of the Product 344 III. Termination 345 A. Oxidation by Mn(III) 345 B. Oxidation by Cu(OAc) 2 345 C. Chlorination 346 D. Addition to Nitriles and Carbon Monoxide 346 E. Hydrogen Abstraction 347 IV. Monocyclization 347 A. Radicals Derived from Acids 348 B. Radicals Derived from β-Keto Esters and β-Diketones That Lead to Cycloalkanones 348 1. R-Unsubstituted β-Keto Esters 348 2. R-Substituted β-Keto Esters 349 3. Diketones 351 C. Radicals Derived from β-Keto Esters, β-Diketones, and Malonate Esters That Lead to Cycloalkanes 351 D. Radicals Derived from β-Keto Esters, β-Keto Amides, and Malonate Esters That Lead to Lactones and Lactams 351 E. Additions to Aromatic Rings 352 V. Tandem Cyclizations 353 A. Additions to a Double Bond and then an Arene 353 B. Additions to Two Double Bonds 354 VI. Triple and Higher Cyclizations 356 VII. Asymmetric Induction 356 VIII. Annulations 357 IX. Oxidation of Ketones 358 X. Oxidation of Enol Ethers and Enamines 359 XI. Fragmentation−Cyclizations 360 XII. Synthetic Applications 361 XIII. Acknowledgments 362 XIV. References and Notes 362Barry B. Snider is a graduate of the University of Michigan (B.S.) and Harvard University (Ph.D.). After postdoctoral training at Columbia University, he joined the faculty of Princeton University. Since 1981 he has been at Brandeis University, where he is now Professor of Chemistry. He has been an Alfred P. Sloan fellow, a Dreyfus Teacher Scholar and an ACS Cope Scholar. His research interests are in the area of synthetic methods development and natural product synthesis. Current interests include oxidative free-radical cyclizations, Lewis acid-induced and -catalyzed reactions, ene reactions, and the synthesis of guanidine-containing natural products.