THE EFFICIENT SYNTHESIS OF SUBSTITUTED 2-METHYLBENZOFURANS

Authors

  • Sergei G. Mikhalyonok 1 Belarusian State Technological University, Organic Chemistry Department, 13a Sverdlova St., Minsk 220006, Republic of Belarus
  • Aliaxandr S. Arol 1 Belarusian State Technological University, Organic Chemistry Department, 13a Sverdlova St., Minsk 220006, Republic of Belarus
  • Dmitri A. Litvinau 1 Belarusian State Technological University, Organic Chemistry Department, 13a Sverdlova St., Minsk 220006, Republic of Belarus
  • Nina M. Kuz'menok 1 Belarusian State Technological University, Organic Chemistry Department, 13a Sverdlova St., Minsk 220006, Republic of Belarus
  • Vladimir S. Bezborodov 1 Belarusian State Technological University, Organic Chemistry Department, 13a Sverdlova St., Minsk 220006, Republic of Belarus

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.1007/4823

Keywords:

aryl vinyl ketones, benzofurans, cyclohexenones, aromatization, iodocyclization

Abstract

The efficient synthesis of substituted 2-methylbenzofurans by aromatization of accessible allyl-substituted cyclohex-2-enones in the presence of iodine followed by dehydroiodination of the 2-iodomethyl-2,3-dihydrobenzofuran intermediate is described.

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Published

2019-04-10

Issue

Vol. 55 No. 3 (2019)

Section

Original Papers