Shi-Chao Lu, P. Zheng, Gang Liu
Aug 13, 2012
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The Journal of organic chemistry
Abstract
Various 3-alkyl-2-nitrobenzo[b]furans were synthesized from common intermediate 2-(2-nitroethyl)phenols via a hypervalent iodine-induced oxidative cyclization, with good to excellent yields. This facile route is able to efficiently functionalize 2-nitrobenzo[b]furans, which are difficult to obtain by classical methods.