Access to 2-naphthols via Ru(ii)-catalyzed C-H annulation of nitrones with α-diazo sulfonyl ketones

Lingheng Kong; Xi Han; Xingwei Li

doi:10.1039/c9cc02949d

Access to 2-naphthols via Ru(ii)-catalyzed C-H annulation of nitrones with α-diazo sulfonyl ketones

Chem Commun (Camb). 2019 Jun 20;55(51):7339-7342. doi: 10.1039/c9cc02949d.

Authors

Lingheng Kong¹, Xi Han, Xingwei Li

Affiliation

¹ Key Laboratory of Applied Surface and Colloid Chemistry of MOE, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Shaanxi Normal University, Xi'an 710062, China. lixw@snnu.edu.cn.

PMID: 31169287
DOI: 10.1039/c9cc02949d

Abstract

Efficient synthesis of 2-naphthols was realized by Ru(ii)-catalyzed C-H activation of aryl nitrones and intermolecular [3+3] annulation with α-diazo sulfonyl ketones under redox-neutral conditions. Easily available α-diazo sulfonyl ketones act as a three-carbon component in the reaction.