title: Novel synthesis of substituted thiophenes by palladium-catalyzed cycloisomerization of (Z)-2-en-4-yne-1-thiols
abstract: [reaction: see text] The first example of palladium-catalyzed cycloisomerization of (Z)-2-en-4-yne-1-thiols 1 to give substituted thiophenes 2 is reported. Cycloisomerization reactions are carried out under nitrogen at 25-100 degrees C in N,N-dimethylacetamide as the solvent in the presence of catalytic amounts of PdI2 in conjunction with KI to give the corresponding thiophenes in 43-94% yield.
authors.affiliation: Dipartimento di Chimica, Universita della Calabria, Cosenza, Italy. b.gabriele@unical.it
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Gabriele
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Salerno
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Fazio