N-Heterocyclic Carbene-Catalyzed Construction of 1,3,5-Trisubstituted Benzenes from Bromoenals and α-Cyano-β-methylenones
Chun-Lin Zhang and Song Ye*
*Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences, CAS Key Laboratory of Molecular Recognition and Function, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China, Email: songyeiccas.ac.cn
C.-L. Zhang, S. Ye, Org. Lett., 2016, 18, 6408-6411.
DOI: 10.1021/acs.orglett.6b03306
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Abstract
A N-heterocyclic carbene-catalyzed [2 + 4] annulation of α-bromoenals and α-cyano-β-methylenones enables a direct and efficient approach to 1,3,5-trisubstituted benzenes. The reaction worked well for both aryl- and alkylenones.
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C.-L. Zhang, Z.-F. Zhang, Z.-H. Xia, Y.-F. Han, S. Ye, J. Org. Chem., 2018, 83, 12507-12513.
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ID: J54-Y2016