Palladium-catalyzed direct mono-aroylation of O-arylmethyl and aryl-substituted acetoxime ethers
Ling-Yan Shao1, Zhi Xu, Cun-Ying Wang
1School of Pharmacy, East China University of Science & Technology, 130 Meilong Road, Shanghai 200237, P. R. China. jyf@ecust.edu.cn.
Abstract:
An efficient palladium-catalyzed ortho-aroylation of O-arylmethyl and aryl-substituted acetoxime ethers has been developed; this method has high mono-site selectivity and does not require exogenous ligands. Under the direction of a simple exo-acetoxime auxiliary, a broad scope of masked arylmethyl alcohols and phenols as well as various aromatic aldehydes are compatible with this transformation, which probably follows a mechanistic pathway involving a six- or five-membered exo-cyclopalladated intermediate. The strategy can be expediently adopted to prepare synthetically valuable 1H-benzo[d][1,2]oxazines and benzo[d]isoxazoles. The directing group can be easily removed from the products to afford the functionalized diaryl ketones.
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