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| SPECIALTOPIC | Synthesis 2006: 1711-1714
DOI: 10.1055/s-2006-926454 |
© Georg Thieme Verlag Stuttgart · New York
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A Convenient Method of Synthesizing 3-Ethoxycarbonylbenzofurans from Salicylaldehydes and Ethyl Diazoacetate
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| Matthew E. Dudley, M. Monzur Morshed, M. Mahmun Hossain* |
Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, WI 53201, USA
Fax: +1 (414)2295530; e-Mail: mahmun@uwm.edu;
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Received
11 April 2006 |
Abstract
We have developed a convenient one-pot procedure for the synthesis of 3-ethoxycarbonylbenzofurans from commercially available salicylaldehydes and ethyl diazoacetate. The method is high-yielding, efficient, simple and selective. Key words
benzofurans - salicylaldehyde - ethyl diazoacetate
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