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Aerobic Construction of 2-Acyl Benzoxazole by Tandem C—H Oxygenation and Oxazole Ring Formation

  • Zhi Tu ,
  • Baoli Zhao ,
  • Jieping Wan ,
  • Chaoli Wang ,
  • Yunyun Liu
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  • College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Jiangxi Normal University, Nanchang 330022
* Corresponding authors. E-mail: ;

Received date: 2021-09-18

  Revised date: 2021-10-14

  Online published: 2021-10-21

Supported by

Natural Science Foundation of Jiangxi Province(20202BABL203008)

Abstract

The synthesis of useful 2-acyl benzoxazoles has been realized via the tandem methylene C—H oxygenation and oxazole annulation of N-(o-hydroxyphenyl)phenylacetamides via copper catalysis in one-pot fashion. Besides featuring the incomparable step-economy resulting from the multi-step transformation, the tunable synthesis of diverse 2-methylene functionalized benzoxazoles using identical starting materials as well as the expanded synthesis of corresponding benzothiazoles is also attractive advantage of the work.

Cite this article

Zhi Tu , Baoli Zhao , Jieping Wan , Chaoli Wang , Yunyun Liu . Aerobic Construction of 2-Acyl Benzoxazole by Tandem C—H Oxygenation and Oxazole Ring Formation[J]. Chinese Journal of Organic Chemistry, 2021 , 41(12) : 4780 -4788 . DOI: 10.6023/cjoc202109029

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