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InCl3-catalyzed propargylation of indoles and phenols with propargylic acetates: Application to the syntheses of benzofurans and naphthofurans

  • Zhe Liu
  • , Li Liu*
  • , Zahid Shafiq
  • , Yan Chao Wu
  • , Dong Wang
  • , Yong Jun Chen
  • *Corresponding author for this work
  • CAS - Institute of Chemistry
  • University of Chinese Academy of Sciences

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Abstract

InCl3-catalyzed propargylation of indoles and phenols was developed. A strategy combining propargylation with intramolecular cyclization was used to easily prepare 2-benzyl-3-arylbenzofurans and -naphthofurans, which are important pharmaceutical intermediates.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1961-1969
Number of pages9
JournalSynthesis (Germany)
Issue number13
DOIs
StatePublished - 3 Jul 2007
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • Benzofuran
  • Cyclization
  • Friedel-Crafts alkylation
  • InCl
  • Propargylation

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