Organic letters

A versatile and regiospecific synthesis of functionalized 1, 3-diarylisobenzofurans

J Jacq, C Einhorn, J Einhorn

Index: Jacq, Jerome; Einhorn, Cathy; Einhorn, Jacques Organic Letters, 2008 , vol. 10, # 17 p. 3757 - 3760

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Abstract

A convenient, versatile, and regiospecific synthesis of functionalized 1, 3- diarylisobenzofurans has been developed. It involves chemoselective addition of arylmagnesium reagents to the aldehyde function of o-aroylbenzaldehydes, themselves readily obtained by lead tetraacetate oxidation of N-aroylhydrazones of salicylaldehydes. Various functional groups, including nitro, iodo, or ester functionalities, have thus been ...