Synthesis of 2-substituted 7-hydroxybenzofuran-4-carboxylates via addition of silyl enol ethers to o-benzoquinone esters

Organic Letters

Volumn 11, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 2165-2167

  Jung, Michael E ^a   Perez, Felix ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

2 BENZOQUINONE; 2-BENZOQUINONE; BENZOFURAN DERIVATIVE; BENZOQUINONE DERIVATIVE; CARBOXYLIC ACID; ESTER; ETHER DERIVATIVE; SILANE DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; CYCLIZATION; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; SYNTHESIS;

BENZOFURANS; BENZOQUINONES; CARBOXYLIC ACIDS; CATALYSIS; CYCLIZATION; ESTERS; ETHERS; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; SILANES;

EID: 66149128051     PISSN: 15237060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ol900416x     Document Type: Article

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