Studies on isocyanides and related compounds. Synthesis of benzofuran derivatives

Article abstract of DOI:10.1055/s-1991-26628

The reaction between 2-hydroxybenzaldehyde (1a), isocyanides 2, and ammonium formate, in the conditions of the Ugi four-component condensation, affords 2-alkylamino- and 2-arylamino-3-[(2-hydroxybenzylidene)amino]benzofurans 3a-c. Analogously by employing