A simple and efficient palladium-catalyzed intramolecular carbonylativesynthesis of isocoumarins and phthalides from the easily available starting materials by employing phenylformate as a CO surrogate has been achieved. The approach affords target compounds in good to excellent yields with the advantages of lower toxicity, milder conditions, easy operation and wide functional group tolerance.
Palladium-Catalyzed Synthesis of Isocoumarins and Phthalides via <i>tert</i>-Butyl Isocyanide Insertion
作者:Xiang-Dong Fei、Zhi-Yuan Ge、Ting Tang、Yong-Ming Zhu、Shun-Jun Ji
DOI:10.1021/jo302004u
日期:2012.11.16
efficient strategy for the synthesis of isocoumarins and phthalides through a palladium(0)-catalyzed reaction incorporating tert-butyl isocyanide has been developed. This process, providing one of the simplest methods for the synthesis of this class of valuable lactones, involves two steps including cyclization reaction and simple acid hydrolysis. The methodology is tolerant of a wide range of substrates