Ruthenium-Catalyzed Aldehyde Functionality Reshuffle: Selective Synthesis of <i>E</i>-2-Arylcinnamaldehydes from <i>E-</i>β-Bromostyrenes and Aryl Aldehydes
作者:Ping Wang、Honghua Rao、Feng Zhou、Ruimao Hua、Chao-Jun Li
DOI:10.1021/ja306025d
日期:2012.10.10
A new concept for highly selective synthesis of E-2-arylcinnamaldehydes has been developed via a formal arylformylation of E-beta-bromostyrenes with readily available aryl aldehydes. This strategy involves an overall reshuffle of the aldehyde functionality with a loss of hydrogen bromide.