Facile regiocontrolled three-step synthesis of poly-substituted furans, pyrroles, and thiophenes: Consecutive michael addition of methyl cyanoacetate to α,β-enone, CuI-mediated aerobic oxidation, and acid-catalyzed paal-knorr synthesis

Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 620-624

  Kim, Se Hee ^a   Lim, Jin Woo ^a   Lim, Cheol Hee ^a   Kim, Jae Nyoung ^a  

^a Chonnam National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

CuI; Furans; Paal Knorr synthesis; Pyrroles; Thiophenes

Indexed keywords

ADDITION REACTIONS; AROMATIC COMPOUNDS; THIOPHENE;

AEROBIC OXIDATIONS; EFFICIENT SYNTHESIS; FIVE-MEMBERED HETEROCYCLES; FURANS; METHYL CYANOACETATE; PAAL-KNORR SYNTHESIS; PYRROLES; THREE-STEP SYNTHESIS;

ORGANIC POLLUTANTS;

EID: 84863116299     PISSN: 02532964     EISSN: 12295949     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5012/bkcs.2012.33.2.620     Document Type: Article

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