Abstract
An unprecedented reductive (3 + 2) annulation of both symmetrical and unsymmetrical benzils with pyrylium salts mediated by P(NMe2)3 is described, leading to facile and stereoselective access to the challenging cis-chalcones decorated by various substituted furyl rings under mild conditions. Rather than the extensively studied C1 synthons, the Kukhtin-Ramirez adducts derived from benzils serve as the underexplored C3 synthons in this (3 + 2) annulation with the 2,3-double bond of the 2,6-disubstituted pyrylium ions.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 6029-6033 |
| Number of pages | 5 |
| Journal | Organic Letters |
| Volume | 21 |
| Issue number | 15 |
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| State | Published - 2 Aug 2019 |