Synthesis

N-Heterocyclic carbene catalyzed one-pot synthesis of 2, 3-diarylquinoxalines

Y Lin, X Lei, Q Yang, J Yuan, Q Ding, J Xu, Y Peng

Index: Lin, Yang; Lei, Xiaoli; Yang, Qin; Yuan, Jiangjun; Ding, Qiuping; Xu, Jingshi; Peng, Yiyuan Synthesis (Germany), 2012 , vol. 44, # 17 p. 2699 - 2706

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Abstract

Abstract A one-pot efficient and facile protocol for the direct synthesis of quinoxaline derivatives via tandem N-heterocyclic carbene (NHC)-catalyzed umpolung of aldehydes/oxidation of the benzoins to benzils/condensation of benzils with benzene-1, 2- diamines has been developed.