A simple and convenient synthesis of substituted furans and pyrroles by CuCl2-catalyzed heterocyclodehydration of 3-yne-1,2-diols and N-Boc- or N-tosyl-1-amino-3-yn-2-ols

Tetrahedron Letters

Volumn 51, Issue 27, 2010, Pages 3565-3567

  Gabriele, Bartolo ^a   Plastina, Pierluigi ^a   Vetere, Mabel V ^a   Veltri, Lucia ^a   Mancuso, Raffaella ^a   Salerno, Giuseppe ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALABRIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Copper; Cyclization; Furans; Heterocycles; Pyrroles

Indexed keywords

COPPER CHLORIDE; FURAN; PYRROLE;

ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CHEMICAL REACTION; DEHYDRATION; SYNTHESIS;

EID: 77954244777     PISSN: 00404039     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tetlet.2010.05.001     Document Type: Article

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