Synthesis of Phenol, Aromatic Ether, and Benzofuran Derivatives by Copper??Catalyzed Hydroxylation of Aryl Halides

D Zhao, N Wu, S Zhang, P Xi, X Su…

Index: Zhao, Dongbing; Wu, Ningjie; Zhang, Shuai; Xi, Peihua; Su, Xiaoyu; Lan, Jingbo; You, Jingsong Angewandte Chemie - International Edition, 2009 , vol. 48, # 46 p. 8729 - 8732

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Abstract

Phenols are not only important building blocks for constructing pharmaceuticals, polymers, and natural compounds, but also serve as versatile synthetic intermediates in preparing oxygenated heterocycles.[1] The classical non-oxidative preparative routes of these compounds include transformation of diazoarenes in the presence of a copper complex as well as nucleophilic substitution of activated aryl halides and benzyne. However, these ...