Issue 21, 2014
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Chemical Communications

MeOTf-induced carboannulation of arylnitriles and aromatic alkynes: a new metal-free strategy to construct indenones†

Xiaoyu Yan,a   Song Zou,b   Peng Zhaoa  and  Chanjuan Xi*ac  

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a Key Laboratory of Bioorganic Phosphorus Chemistry & Chemical Biology (Ministry of Education), Department of Chemistry, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
E-mail: cjxi@tsinghua.edu.cn

b School of Pharmaceutical Science, Jiangnan University, Wuxi 214122, China

c State Key Laboratory of Elemento-Organic Chemistry, Nankai University, Tianjin 300071, China

Abstract

MeOTf-induced carboannulation of arylnitriles and aromatic alkynes for synthesis of indenones under metal-free conditions has been described. When ortho-substituted benzonitriles were used, indeno[1,2-c]isoquinolines were formed.

Graphical abstract: MeOTf-induced carboannulation of arylnitriles and aromatic alkynes: a new metal-free strategy to construct indenones

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/C4CC00088A
Article type
Communication
Submitted
06 Jan 2014
Accepted
18 Jan 2014
First published
22 Jan 2014

Chem. Commun., 2014,50, 2775-2777

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MeOTf-induced carboannulation of arylnitriles and aromatic alkynes: a new metal-free strategy to construct indenones

X. Yan, S. Zou, P. Zhao and C. Xi, Chem. Commun., 2014, 50, 2775 DOI: 10.1039/C4CC00088A

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