Regiospecific Synthesis of Benzoxepines through Pd-Catalyzed Carbene Migratory Insertion and C-C Bond Cleavage
Yang Xie, Ping Zhang and Lei Zhou*
*School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Sun Yat-Sen
University, 135 Xingang West Road, Guangzhou 510275, China, Email: zhoul39
mail.sysu.edu.cn
Y. Xie, P. Zhang, L. Zhou, J. Org. Chem., 2016, 81, 2128-2134.
DOI: 10.1021/acs.joc.5b02413
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Abstract
Various benzoxepines were constructed by a regioselective ring expansion concomitant with the introduction of an aryl group at position 5 via migratory insertion into a Pd carbene followed by C-C bond cleavage.
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