Corcoran JC, Guo R, Xia Y, Wang YM. Vinyl cation-mediated intramolecular hydroarylation of alkynes using pyridinium reagents.
Chem Commun (Camb) 2022;
58:11523-11526. [PMID:
36149344 PMCID:
PMC9588717 DOI:
10.1039/d2cc03794g]
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Abstract
Once considered to be exotic species of limited synthetic utility, vinyl cations have recently been shown to be highly versatile intermediates in a variety of processes. Here, we report a method for the synthesis of aryl-substituted benzocycloheptenes and -hexenes using the hydrotriflate salt of an electron-poor pyridine as a uniquely efficient proton source for a vinyl cation mediated Friedel-Crafts cyclization. The mild conditions made possible by this reagent allowed a range of simple and functionalized alkynes bearing pendant aryl groups to serve as suitable substrates for this scalable and convenient protocol.
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