Molecular iodine mediated cyclization reactions of 2-(1-alkynyl)benzylic alcohols to substituted indenones

  • Chengyu Wang
  • , Jingyu Yang
  • , Xingcan Cheng
  • , Ende Li
  • , Yanzhong Li*
  • *Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

An efficient I 2-mediated approach to the synthesis of disubstituted indenones from readily available 2-alkynylbenzyl alcohols in the presence of H 2O has been developed. These results are different from the known iodocyclization reactions in which O-containing heterocycles are obtained.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)4402-4404
Number of pages3
JournalTetrahedron Letters
Volume53
Issue number33
DOIs
StatePublished - 15 Aug 2012

Keywords

  • 2,3-Disubstituted indenones
  • 2-(1-Alkynyl)benzylic alcohols
  • Cascade reactions
  • Iodine-mediated reaction

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