A versatile combined N-heterocyclic carbene and base-catalyzed multiple cascade approach for the synthesis of functionalized benzofuran-3-(2H)-ones

Tetrahedron Letters

Volumn 52, Issue 51, 2011, Pages 6952-6956

  Franz, Johannes F ^a   Fuchs, Patrick J W ^a   Zeitler, Kirsten ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF REGENSBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Benzofuranones; Cascade catalysis; Hydroacylation; N Heterocyclic carbene catalysis; Rearrangements; Retro Michael reaction

Indexed keywords

BENZOFURAN DERIVATIVE; CARBENE;

ALLYLIC REARRANGEMENT; ARTICLE;

EID: 81255200369     PISSN: 00404039     EISSN: 18733581     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tetlet.2011.10.078     Document Type: Article

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