Dipartimento di Scienze e Tecnologie Biologiche ed Ambientali, University of Salento, Via Prov.le Lecce-Monteroni, 73100 Lecce, Italy
Abstract:
A novel and simple synthetic methodology, based on palladium-catalyzed cyclocarbonylation reaction, is presented for preparing five- and six-membered benzo-fused heterocycles. A mechanism for the process is also proposed and discussed.