title: A facile one-pot synthesis of 2,3-diarylated benzo[b]furans via relay NHC and palladium catalysis.
abstract: An efficient one-pot synthesis of 2,3-diarylated benzo[b]furans was realized through the relay catalysis of N-Heterocyclic Carbene (NHC) and palladium from substituted 2'-bromodiphenylbromomethanes and aryl aldehydes. The easy availability of the starting materials, good compatibility of catalysts, convergent assembly and concomitant modification of the target scaffold, and potential utilization value of the products make this strategy attractive in organic synthesis.
authors.affiliation: School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Jiangsu Key Lab of Green Synthetic Chemistry for Functional Materials, Jiangsu Normal University, Xuzhou, Jiangsu 221116, P R China. ltj2008@jsnu.edu.cn csyao@jsnu.edu.cn.
authors.forename: Yanyan
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Jia
authors.affiliation: School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Jiangsu Key Lab of Green Synthetic Chemistry for Functional Materials, Jiangsu Normal University, Xuzhou, Jiangsu 221116, P R China. ltj2008@jsnu.edu.cn csyao@jsnu.edu.cn.
authors.forename: Tuanjie
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Li
authors.affiliation: School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Jiangsu Key Lab of Green Synthetic Chemistry for Functional Materials, Jiangsu Normal University, Xuzhou, Jiangsu 221116, P R China. ltj2008@jsnu.edu.cn csyao@jsnu.edu.cn.
authors.forename: Chenxia
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Yu
authors.affiliation: School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Jiangsu Key Lab of Green Synthetic Chemistry for Functional Materials, Jiangsu Normal University, Xuzhou, Jiangsu 221116, P R China. ltj2008@jsnu.edu.cn csyao@jsnu.edu.cn.
authors.forename: Bo
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Jiang
authors.affiliation: School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Jiangsu Key Lab of Green Synthetic Chemistry for Functional Materials, Jiangsu Normal University, Xuzhou, Jiangsu 221116, P R China. ltj2008@jsnu.edu.cn csyao@jsnu.edu.cn.
authors.forename: Changsheng
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Yao