Facile microwave-mediated transformations of 2-butene-1,4-diones and 2-butyne-1,4-diones to furan derivatives

H Surya Prakash Rao; S Jothilingam

doi:10.1021/jo0341766

Facile microwave-mediated transformations of 2-butene-1,4-diones and 2-butyne-1,4-diones to furan derivatives

J Org Chem. 2003 Jun 27;68(13):5392-4. doi: 10.1021/jo0341766.

Authors

H Surya Prakash Rao¹, S Jothilingam

Affiliation

¹ Department of Chemistry, Pondicherry University, Pondicherry 605 014, India. hspr@satyam.net.in

PMID: 12816506
DOI: 10.1021/jo0341766

Abstract

Several di- and triarylfuran derivatives were prepared in high yields from but-2-ene-1,4-diones/but-2-yne-1,4-diones using formic acid in the presence of a catalytic amount of palladium on carbon and in poly(ethylene glycol)-200 medium in a one-pot operation under microwave irradiation (1-5 min).