Waste-Free Synthesis of Condensed Heterocyclic Compounds by Rhodium-Catalyzed Oxidative Coupling of Substituted Arene or Heteroarene Carboxylic Acids with Alkynes
of 2-amino- and 2-hydroxybenzoic acids with internal alkynes proceeds efficiently in the presence of a rhodium/copper catalyst system under air to afford the corresponding 8-substituted isocoumarinderivatives, some of which exhibit solid-state fluorescence. Depending on conditions, 4-ethenylcarbazoles can be synthesized selectively from 2-(arylamino)benzoic acids. The oxidative coupling reactions of
Oxidative Annulation of Arenecarboxylic and Acrylic Acids with Alkynes under Ambient Conditions Catalyzed by an Electron-Deficient Rhodium(III) Complex
It has been established that an electron‐deficient CpE rhodium(III) complex catalyzes the oxidative [4+2] annulation of substituted arenecarboxylic and acrylic acids with alkynes under ambient conditions (at RT–40 °C, under air) without using excess amounts of substrates to produce the corresponding substituted isocoumarins and α‐pyrones in high yields. Minor modification of reaction conditions depending