Recyclable Hypervalent-Iodine-Mediated Dehydrogenative α,β'-Bifunctionalization of β-Keto Esters Under Metal-Free
Ya-Nan Duan1, Li-Qian Cui1, Lin-Hong Zuo1
1State Key Laboratory of Elemento-Organic Chemistry, Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemical Science and Engineering, Nankai University, Tianjin 300071 (P. R. China).
Abstract:
We have developed a method for recyclable hypervalent-iodine-mediated direct dehydrogenative α,β'- bifunctionalization of β-ketoesters and β-diketones under metal-free conditions, which affords a straightforward way to synthesize benzo-fused 2,3-dihydrofurans. This efficient, mild method, which has a wide substrate scope and good functional-group tolerance, was used for the multistep synthesis of the protected aglycone of a naturally occurring phenolic glycoside. A mechanism involving Michael addition to an enone intermediate and subsequent oxidative cyclization is proposed.
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