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Palladium mediated total synthesis of o-acetylphenylacetic acids: A general route to indolo[2,3-b]naphthalene-6,11-diones
Cruces, Jacobo,Estévez, Juan C,Castedo, Luis,Estévez, Ramón J
, p. 4825 - 4827 (2007/10/03)
Here we describe a new, efficient general synthesis of o-acetylphenylacetic acids by Heck palladium-catalyzed arylation of n-butyl vinyl ether with o-bromophenylacetic acids, and its application to the synthesis of indolo[2,3-b]naphthalene-6,11-diones.