Synthesis 1987; 1987(11): 1022-1023
DOI: 10.1055/s-1987-28157
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Palladium-Catalyzed Rearrangement of 2-Alkynyl Aryl Ketones to Substituted Furans

Huaiyu Sheng* , Shonyuan Lin, Yaozeng Huang
  • *Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry, Academia Sinica, 345 Lingling Lu, Shanghai, People's Republic of China
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12 September 2002 (online)

1,4-Diaryl- and 1,4-diaryl-2-alkyl-3-butyn-1-ones can be rearranged catalytically by treatment with Pd(dba)2/PPh3 to give 2,5-substituted and 2,3,5-trisubstituted furans in 26-38% yields.