A one-pot three-component reaction of several 2-ketoaldehydes, secondary amines and terminal alkynes to access 3-aminofurans proceeded well in [bmim][PF6] using a simple and cheap CuI catalyst. The resultant 3-aminofuran products were easily isolated using diethyl ether and the CuI/[bmim][PF6] system was reused six times with a slight decrease in the activity.
An efficient three-component coupling reaction toward a variety of furanderivatives has been developed. This cascade transformation proceeds via the gold-catalyzed coupling reaction of phenylglyoxal derivatives, secondary amines, and terminal alkynes, under the reaction conditions, that undergoes cyclization into the furan core.