Extending the Scope of Chromium−Manganese Redox-Coupled Reactions: A One-Pot Synthesis of Benzoxazoles
作者:Anitha Hari、Charles Karan、Warren C. Rodrigues、Benjamin L. Miller
DOI:10.1021/jo005758f
日期:2001.2.1
A critically important strategy for synthetic chemistry is the development of "domino" processes: those capable of concatenating multiple transformations into a single step. Such transformations not only provide an increase in synthetic efficiency, but also imply the development of a significant degree of mechanistic understanding. We report herein a new domino reaction, in which a chromium-manganese redox couple is employed both to catalytically reduce an o-hydroxy nitroarene and to oxidatively cyclize a subsequently formed imine. We find that the reaction is most effective for starting o-hydroxy nitroarenes with a strongly electron-withdrawing group at the para position.