Meiqin Fu, Dongen Lin, Yuanfu Deng, Xiao-Qi Zhang, Yanchu Liu, Chunsong Lai and Wei Zeng
RSC Adv., 2014,4, 23595-23603
DOI:
10.1039/C4RA02055C,
Paper
A Pd-catalyzed cascade Ullmann coupling–aldol–dehydration reaction of ortho-acylphenyl iodides has been explored. This transformation provides a concise access to colchino analogues in moderate to good yields with wide functional group tolerance.