Iron-Catalyzed ortho-Selective Functionalization of Phenols: A Straightforward Strategy towards the 2′-Hydroxyphenyl-1,2-dione Skeleton

✍ Scribed by Xingwei Guo; Wenjuan Li; Zhiping Li

• Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
• Year: 2010
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 142 KB
• Volume: 2010
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 1434-193X
• DOI: 10.1002/ejoc.201001180

✦ Synopsis

Abstract

An iron‐catalyzed ortho‐functionalization of phenols was developed. The reactions of simple phenols with α‐hydroxy ketones provide a novel and efficient method to construct 2′‐hydroxyphenyl‐1,2‐dione derivatives.