Communication Yanxing Jia Corresponding Author E-mail address: yxjia@bjmu.edu.cn Peking University, State Key Laboratory of Natural and Biomimetic Drugs, 38 Xue Yuan Road, 100191 Beijing, CHINA Search for more papers by this author Abstract A practically useful method for the formation of the highly oxygenated bicyclo[3.2.1]octane ring system by Mn(OAc) 3 ‐mediated radical cyclization of alkynyl ketones has been developed, which opens up a new avenue to the total synthesis of a number of...