title: Ru-catalyzed decarboxylative cyclization of mandelic acids with acrylates: facile access to the phthalide skeleton.
abstract: A new protocol for Ru-catalyzed decarboxylative cyclization of mandelic acids with acrylates was established, which allows efficient construction of the phthalide skeleton. Interestingly, this reaction underwent a decarboxylative process, in which only divinylation was observed, and the subsequent cyclization led to the formation of phthalides.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, Huaibei Normal University, Huaibei, Anhui 235000, P. R. China. leiwang@chnu.edu.cn.
authors.forename: Lili
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: Hongji
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Feng
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Yu
authors.forename: Lei
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Wang