Oxidative aromatic C-O bond formation: synthesis of 3-functionalized benzo[b]furans by FeCl3-mediated ring closure of a-Aryl ketones

Organic Letters

Volumn 11, Issue 21, 2009, Pages 4978-4981

  Liang, Zhidan ^a   Hou, Weizhe ^a   Du, Yunfei ^a   Zhang, Yongliang ^a   Pan, Yan ^a   Mao, Deng ^a   Zhao, Kang ^a  

^a TIANJIN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENZOFURAN DERIVATIVE; FERRIC CHLORIDE; FERRIC ION; KETONE;

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

BENZOFURANS; CATALYSIS; COMBINATORIAL CHEMISTRY TECHNIQUES; CYCLIZATION; FERRIC COMPOUNDS; KETONES; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; STEREOISOMERISM;

EID: 70350630560     PISSN: 15237060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ol902157c     Document Type: Article

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