Synlett 2018; 29(01): 79-84
DOI: 10.1055/s-0036-1591210
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© Georg Thieme Verlag Stuttgart · New York

Copper(I) Iodide-Catalyzed (Het)arylation of Diethyl Malonate with (Het)aryl Bromides by Using 1,3-Benzoxazole as a Ligand

Authors

  • Yu Zeng

    a   College of Biotechnology and Pharmaceutical Engineering, Nanjing Tech University, 30 Puzhu South Road, Nanjing, 211816, P. R. of China   Email: fzcpu@163.com   Email: guok@njtech.edu.cn
  • Hao-liang Zheng

    b   School of Chemistry and Molecular Biosciences, Faculty of Chemistry, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
  • Zhao Yang

    c   College of Engineering, China Pharmaceutical University, 24 Tongjiaxiang, Nanjing, 210003, P. R. of China
  • Cheng-Kou Liu

    a   College of Biotechnology and Pharmaceutical Engineering, Nanjing Tech University, 30 Puzhu South Road, Nanjing, 211816, P. R. of China   Email: fzcpu@163.com   Email: guok@njtech.edu.cn
  • Zheng Fang*

    a   College of Biotechnology and Pharmaceutical Engineering, Nanjing Tech University, 30 Puzhu South Road, Nanjing, 211816, P. R. of China   Email: fzcpu@163.com   Email: guok@njtech.edu.cn
  • Kai Guo*

    a   College of Biotechnology and Pharmaceutical Engineering, Nanjing Tech University, 30 Puzhu South Road, Nanjing, 211816, P. R. of China   Email: fzcpu@163.com   Email: guok@njtech.edu.cn
    d   State Key Laboratory of Materials-Oriented Chemical Engineering, Nanjing Tech University, 30 Puzhu South Road, Nanjing, 211816, P. R. of China

The research has been supported by National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No.U1463201, 21522604 and 21402240) and ­Jiangsu Province Natural Science Fund (Grant No.BK20150031)
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Publication History

Received: 20 June 2017

Accepted after revision: 26 July 2017

Publication Date:
26 October 2017 (online)


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Abstract

An efficient Ullmann-type coupling of aryl bromides with diethyl malonate in the presence of copper(I) iodide and 1,3-benzoxazole is presented. This method has a broad substrate scope (heterocyclic and phenyl bromides) and good functional-group tolerance (OMe, Me, Ac, CN, NO2, F, and Cl). Moreover, less time is needed to reach full conversion (3–9 hours).

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