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A Novel Strategy for the Synthesis of Benzofuran Derivatives

  • Zhao Yunhui ,
  • Liu Wenjie ,
  • Sun Xingwen ,
  • Lin Guoqiang
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  • a Department of Chemistry, Fudan University, Shanghai 200433;
    b Key Laboratory of Synthetic Chemistry of Natural Substances, Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai

Received date: 2012-05-22

  Revised date: 2012-06-03

  Online published: 2012-06-06

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Project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Nos. 21072031, 20802009), the Ph.D. Programs Foundation of Chinese Ministry of Education (No. 200802461011) and the Shanghai Natural Science Foundation (No. 10ZR1404100).

Abstract

A novel method for the synthesis of benzofuran analogues via condensation of 2-hydroxybenzaldehyde or 2-hydroxyphenyl ketone with methyl 4-bromocrotonate was reported. Moderate to good yield was obtained with cesium carbonate as base in DMF at 70 ℃. The new-generated double bond was (E)-configuration determined by X-ray diffraction. All benzofuran derivatives were determined by 1H NMR, 13C NMR and HRMS techniques.

Cite this article

Zhao Yunhui , Liu Wenjie , Sun Xingwen , Lin Guoqiang . A Novel Strategy for the Synthesis of Benzofuran Derivatives[J]. Chinese Journal of Organic Chemistry, 2012 , 32(10) : 1919 -1924 . DOI: 10.6023/cjoc201205028

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