Synthesis 2020; 52(07): 993-1006
DOI: 10.1055/s-0039-1690816
short review
© Georg Thieme Verlag Stuttgart · New York

Directing-Group-Assisted Transition-Metal-Catalyzed Direct C–H Oxidative Annulation of Arenes with Alkynes for Facile Construction of Various Oxygen Heterocycles

Guanghua Kuang
a   Key Laboratory of Functional Small Organic Molecule, Ministry of Education, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Jiangxi Normal University, No. 99 Ziyang Road, Nanchang 330022, P. R. of China   Email: yiyuanpeng@jxnu.edu.cn
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Guangyuan Liu
a   Key Laboratory of Functional Small Organic Molecule, Ministry of Education, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Jiangxi Normal University, No. 99 Ziyang Road, Nanchang 330022, P. R. of China   Email: yiyuanpeng@jxnu.edu.cn
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Xingxing Zhang
a   Key Laboratory of Functional Small Organic Molecule, Ministry of Education, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Jiangxi Normal University, No. 99 Ziyang Road, Nanchang 330022, P. R. of China   Email: yiyuanpeng@jxnu.edu.cn
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Naihao Lu
a   Key Laboratory of Functional Small Organic Molecule, Ministry of Education, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Jiangxi Normal University, No. 99 Ziyang Road, Nanchang 330022, P. R. of China   Email: yiyuanpeng@jxnu.edu.cn
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Yiyuan Peng
a   Key Laboratory of Functional Small Organic Molecule, Ministry of Education, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Jiangxi Normal University, No. 99 Ziyang Road, Nanchang 330022, P. R. of China   Email: yiyuanpeng@jxnu.edu.cn
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Qiang Xiao
c   Jiangxi Key Laboratory of Functional Organic Molecules, Jiangxi Science and Technology Normal University, No. 605 Fenglin Road, Nanchang 330013, P. R. of China   Email: xiaoqiang@tsinghua.org.cn
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Yirong Zhou
a   Key Laboratory of Functional Small Organic Molecule, Ministry of Education, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Jiangxi Normal University, No. 99 Ziyang Road, Nanchang 330022, P. R. of China   Email: yiyuanpeng@jxnu.edu.cn
b   Hubei Key Laboratory of Natural Medicinal Chemistry and Resource Evaluation, School of Pharmacy, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, No. 13 Hangkong Road, Wuhan, 430030, P. R. of China   Email: zhouyirong@jxnu.edu.cn
› Author Affiliations
This work was financially supported by grants from the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 21602089), the Natural Science Foundation of Jiangxi Province (No. 20181BAB203004), the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities (No. 2020kfyXJJS044), Open Project Program of Jiangxi Key Laboratory of Functional Organic Molecules, Jiangxi Science and Technology Normal University (No. 2019001), Open Project Program of Key Laboratory of Functional Small Organic Molecule, Ministry of Education, Jiangxi Normal University (No. KLFS-KF-201914).
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Publication History

Received: 18 December 2019

Accepted after revision: 19 January 2020

Publication Date:
10 February 2020 (online)


Abstract

The most recent advances in the construction of oxygen heterocycles by the directing-group-assisted transition-metal-catalyzed direct oxidative annulation of arenes with diverse alkynes are summarized in this review. More than 140 recent research papers and many closely related reviews are referenced in this paper. Nine different oxygen heterocycles frameworks are discussed. Several traditional transition-metal catalysts as well as some classical non-noble metals are utilized to promote the annulation. Three plausible controlling models are disclosed to clarify the excellent regioselectivity outcomes achieved in case of unsymmetrical alkyne substrates.

1 Introduction

2 Coumarins

3 I socoumarins and Their Analogues

4 2-Pyrones and Their Analogues

5 Chromones and Chroman-4-ones

6 Chromenes and Isochromenes

7 Fused Polycyclic Oxygen Heteroaromatics

8 Benzofurans, Dihydrobenzofurans, and Furans

9 Phthalides and Benzofuranones

10 Benzoxepines

11 Conclusion