title: A palladium-catalyzed tandem reaction of 2-(2-bromobenzylidene)cyclobutanone with 2-alkynylphenol.
abstract: An efficient approach for the generation of benzo[b]naphtho[2,3-d]oxocin-6-ones through a palladium-catalyzed tandem reaction of 2-alkynylphenol with 2-(2-bromobenzylidene)cyclobutanone is described. This tandem process afforded the fused polycycles easily, with the formation of three bonds with high efficiency, starting from easily available materials. Good functional group tolerance as well as excellent selectivity was displayed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, Fudan University, 220 Handan Road, Shanghai 200433, China. jie_wu@fudan.edu.cn.
authors.forename: Xiaolin
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Pan
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, Fudan University, 220 Handan Road, Shanghai 200433, China. jie_wu@fudan.edu.cn.
authors.forename: Yong
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Luo
authors.affiliation: Department of Cell Biology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA.
authors.forename: Hong-Guang
authors.initials: HG
authors.lastname: Xia
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, Fudan University, 220 Handan Road, Shanghai 200433, China. jie_wu@fudan.edu.cn and State Key Laboratory of Organometallic Chemistry, Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 354 Fenglin Road, Shanghai 200032, China.
authors.forename: Jie
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Wu