title: Sodium tetrachloroaurate(III) dihydrate-catalyzed efficient synthesis of 1,5-benzodiazepine and quinoxaline derivatives.
abstract: Both 1,5-benzodiazepine and quinoxaline derivatives are important heterocycles in pharmaceuticals. We describe an efficient and clean method for the synthesis of 1,5-benzodiazepines from o-phenylenediamine and ketones catalyzed by sodium tetrachloroaurate(III) dihydrate under mild conditions. The catalyst was shown to be equally effective for the synthesis of quinoxalines from o-phenylenediamine and alpha-bromo ketones under the similar reaction conditions. This method produced good yields.
authors.affiliation: State Key Laboratory Breeding Base of Green Chemistry-Synthesis Technology, Zhejiang University of Technology, Hangzhou 310014, China.
authors.forename: Ren-xin
authors.initials: RX
authors.lastname: Shi
authors.forename: Yun-kui
authors.initials: YK
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: Zhen-yuan
authors.initials: ZY
authors.lastname: Xu