Department of Chemistry and Institute of Basic Science, Chonnam National University, Gwangju 500-757, Republic of Korea
Abstract:
An expedient synthetic approach of naphthalenes was developed by the reaction of Morita-Baylis-Hillman bromides and arylacetylenes. The synthesis was carried out via a tandem copper-catalyzed alkynylation, propargyl-allenyl isomerization, and 6π-electrocyclization protocol.