Regioselective Synthesis of Indenols by Rhodium??Catalyzed C H Activation and Carbocyclization of Aryl Ketones and Alkynes

K Muralirajan, K Parthasarathy…

Index: Muralirajan, Krishnamoorthy; Parthasarathy, Kanniyappan; Cheng, Chien-Hong Angewandte Chemie - International Edition, 2011 , vol. 50, # 18 p. 4169 - 4172

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Abstract

Substituted indenol moieties are an important structural unit present in various biologically active compounds that possess analgesic, insecticidal, and myorelaxation properties.[1, 2] Despite the high utility of indenols, only few synthetic routes are reported in the literature.[2, 3–6] Transition-metal-catalyzed carbocyclization is a powerful method for the construction of indenol derivatives in organic synthesis.[7] In this context, Liebeskind etal. reported a ...