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Synthesis of furan-3-carboxylic and 4-methylene-4,5-dihydrofuran-3- carboxylic esters by direct palladium iodide catalyzed oxidative carbonylation of 3-yne-1,2-diol derivatives
Gabriele, Bartolo,Mancuso, Raffaella,Maltese, Vito,Veltri, Lucia,Salerno, Giuseppe
, p. 8657 - 8668 (2012)
A variety of 3-yne-1,2-diol derivatives 1, bearing a primary or secondary alcoholic group at C-1, have been efficiently converted into high value added furan-3-carboxylic esters 2 in one step by PdI2/KI-catalyzed direct oxidative carbonylation, carried out in alcoholic media under relatively mild conditions (100 °C under 40 atm of a 4/1 mixture of CO and air). Carbonylated furans 2 were obtained in fair to excellent isolated yields (56-93%) through a sequential 5-endo-dig heterocyclization-alkoxycarbonylation- dehydration process, using only oxygen as the external oxidant. Under similar conditions, 2-methyl-3-yne-1,2-diols 3, bearing a tertiary alcoholic group, afforded 4-methylene-4,5-dihydrofuran-3-carboxylates 4 in satisfactory yields (58-70%).
