Synthesis 2012; 44(17): 2699-2706
DOI: 10.1055/s-0032-1316687
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© Georg Thieme Verlag Stuttgart · New York

N-Heterocyclic Carbene Catalyzed One-Pot Synthesis of 2,3-Diarylquinoxalines

Yang Lin
b   Key Laboratory of Green Chemistry, Jiangxi Province and College of Chemistry, Jiangxi Normal University, Nanchang, Jiangxi 330022, P. R. of China, Fax: +86(791)88120396   Email: yypeng@jxnu.edu.cn   Email: Yiyuanpeng@yahoo.com
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Xiaoli Lei
b   Key Laboratory of Green Chemistry, Jiangxi Province and College of Chemistry, Jiangxi Normal University, Nanchang, Jiangxi 330022, P. R. of China, Fax: +86(791)88120396   Email: yypeng@jxnu.edu.cn   Email: Yiyuanpeng@yahoo.com
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Qin Yang
a   Key Laboratory of Small Functional Organic Molecule, Ministry of Education and College of Life Science, Jiangxi Normal University, Nanchang, Jiangxi 330022, P. R. of China
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Jiangjun Yuan
a   Key Laboratory of Small Functional Organic Molecule, Ministry of Education and College of Life Science, Jiangxi Normal University, Nanchang, Jiangxi 330022, P. R. of China
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Qiuping Ding*
b   Key Laboratory of Green Chemistry, Jiangxi Province and College of Chemistry, Jiangxi Normal University, Nanchang, Jiangxi 330022, P. R. of China, Fax: +86(791)88120396   Email: yypeng@jxnu.edu.cn   Email: Yiyuanpeng@yahoo.com
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Jingshi Xu
a   Key Laboratory of Small Functional Organic Molecule, Ministry of Education and College of Life Science, Jiangxi Normal University, Nanchang, Jiangxi 330022, P. R. of China
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Yiyuan Peng*
a   Key Laboratory of Small Functional Organic Molecule, Ministry of Education and College of Life Science, Jiangxi Normal University, Nanchang, Jiangxi 330022, P. R. of China
b   Key Laboratory of Green Chemistry, Jiangxi Province and College of Chemistry, Jiangxi Normal University, Nanchang, Jiangxi 330022, P. R. of China, Fax: +86(791)88120396   Email: yypeng@jxnu.edu.cn   Email: Yiyuanpeng@yahoo.com
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Publication History

Received: 25 April 2012

Accepted after revision: 13 June 2012

Publication Date:
23 July 2012 (online)


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.

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