Iodine-catalyzed and solvent-controlled selective electrophilic cyclization and oxidative esterification of ortho-alkynyl aldehydes

Akhilesh Kumar Verma; Trapti Aggarwal; Vineeta Rustagi; Richard C Larock

doi:10.1039/b927185f

Iodine-catalyzed and solvent-controlled selective electrophilic cyclization and oxidative esterification of ortho-alkynyl aldehydes

Chem Commun (Camb). 2010 Jun 21;46(23):4064-6. doi: 10.1039/b927185f. Epub 2010 Mar 26.

Authors

Akhilesh Kumar Verma¹, Trapti Aggarwal, Vineeta Rustagi, Richard C Larock

Affiliation

¹ Synthetic Organic Chemistry Research Laboratory, Department of Chemistry, University of Delhi, Delhi 110007, India. averma@acbr.du.ac.in

PMID: 20520874
DOI: 10.1039/b927185f

Abstract

4-Iodo-pyrano[4,3-b]quinolines and ortho-alkynyl esters were synthesized selectively from ortho-alkynyl aldehydes by an iodine-catalyzed and solvent controlled reaction.