Shanghai Key Laboratory of Green Chemistry and Chemical Processes, Institute of Medicinal Chemistry, Department of Chemistry, East China Normal University, 3663 North Zhongshan Road, Shanghai, 200062, People's Republic of China.
Abstract:
An efficient palladium/copper-catalyzed approach to the synthesis of highly substituted 3-formyl furans from the reactions of readily available α-bromoenaminones with terminal alkynes has been developed. This methodology was realized by the cascade reactions of Sonogashira coupling and the subsequent intramolecular cyclization.