Electrooxidative Tandem Cyclization of Activated Alkynes with Sulfinic Acids To Access Sulfonated Indenones
Jiangwei Wen, Wenyan Shi, Fan Zhang, Dong Liu, Shan Tang, Huamin Wang, Xiao-Min Lin and Aiwen Lei*
*The Institute for Advanced Studies (IAS), College of
Chemistry and Molecular Sciences, Wuhan University, Wuhan 430072, Hubei, China,
Email: aiwenlei
whu.edu.cn
J. Wen, W. Shi, F. Zhang, D. Liu, S. Tang, H. Wang, X.-M. Lin, A. Lei, Org. Lett., 2017, 19, 3131-3134.
DOI: 10.1021/acs.orglett.7b01256
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Abstract
An electrooxidative direct arylsulfonlylation of ynones with sulfinic acids via a radical tandem cyclization strategy enables the construction of sulfonated indenones under oxidant-free conditions in very good yields. Notably, this reaction could be easily scaled up with good efficiency.
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Key Words
indenones, electrochemistry
ID: J54-Y2017
