Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Kanazawa University,13-1 Takara-machi, Kanazawa 920, Japan
Abstract:
The isoquinolone intermediate 9 for the synthesis of nitidine was synthesized through palladium-catalyzed formation of isocoumarin 7 from o-styrylbenzoic acid derivative 5, which was prepared from palladium-catalyzed coupling reactions of aryl iodide 1 and 2 with vinylsilane.