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.
C–O σ-bonds in multifaceted benzoin derivatives can be effectively cleaved as acetates using catalytic amounts of [Ru(bpy)3]Cl2 as photoredox catalyst in combination with Hantzsch ester and triethylamine as a sacrificial electron donor. This mild and operationally simple method is applicable to a great variety of substrates. Homo- and cross-benzoins, which are easily accessed by NHC (N-heterocyclic
Synthesis of Benzo[<i>b</i>]furans via CuI-Catalyzed Ring Closure
作者:Cheng-yi Chen、Peter G. Dormer
DOI:10.1021/jo050788+
日期:2005.8.1
A wide variety of benzo[b]furans were synthesized efficiently via a CuI-catalyzed ringclosure of 2-haloaromatic ketones. The methodology was tolerant to various functional groups, affording benzofurans in 72−99% yields.
通过CuI催化的2-卤代芳族酮的闭环反应,可以高效合成各种苯并[ b ]呋喃。该方法可耐受各种官能团,可提供72-99%的产率的苯并呋喃。
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
novel nickel catalyst for the reaction of tert-butyl isocyanide insertion was discovered. In this approach, 1,2-bis(diphenylphosphino)ethane (L3) serves as an efficient ligand, thereby allowing the preparation of lactones from (o-bromophenyl)phenylethanone derivatives. It is noteworthy that this is the first example of nickel acting as a metal catalyst in the reactions of tert-butyl isocyanide insertion