Palladium-catalyzed intramolecular CO bond formation

…, KE Torraca, SL Buchwald

Index: Toracca, Karen E.; Kuwabe, Shin-Itsu; Buchwald, Stephen L. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2000 , vol. 122, # 51 p. 12907 - 12908

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Abstract

A number of oxygen heterocycles were synthesized using the palladium-catalyzed intramolecular etherification of aryl halides by employing di-tert-butylphosphinobiaryl ligands. The reaction proceeds under mild conditions using weak bases such as Cs2CO3 or K3PO4. A variety of functional groups are tolerated in the reaction, and enantioenriched alcohols can be coupled without erosion of optical purity. The mildness of the reaction ...