Q. Yuan, Zhen-Bang Chen, Fangjun Zhang
Feb 15, 2017
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Abstract
A simple and efficient palladium-catalyzed intramolecular carbonylative synthesis of isocoumarins and phthalides from the easily available starting materials by employing phenyl formate as a CO surrogate has been achieved. The approach affords target compounds in good to excellent yields with the advantages of lower toxicity, milder conditions, easy operation and wide functional group tolerance.