Reductive (3 + 2) Annulation of Benzils with Pyrylium Salts: Stereoselective Access to Furyl Analogues of cis-Chalcones

Pengwei Tan, Sunewang R. Wang

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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 languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)6029-6033
Number of pages5
JournalOrganic Letters
Volume21
Issue number15
DOIs
StatePublished - 2 Aug 2019

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